Gene Drive and Thinking Animals

Island Conservation,  ,  2019.

Royden Saah, Island Conservation’s GBIRd program manager, recently spoke at the Thinking Animals Summit alongside Leilani Münter, a former professional race car driver and environmental activist. The Genetic Biocontrol of Invasive Rodents partnership (GBIRd) is designed for exactly that purpose. The partnership is made up of governments, NGOs, and research universities that are dedicated to understanding if the use of gene drives in mice can effectively eradicate invasive rodents on islands as well as the social implications of this science.