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I have been a supporter of Alba for some time. I think that other people who are on the fence about the issue may be won over if they know that Alba doesn't glow all the time, just under blue light. I hope Alba will come home soon.

I have been a huge fan of your work for some time. I am an artist in Minneapolis and professor at st. cloud state u. If you are ever in the neighborhood, stop by, I'll put you up if you need a place...

Patrick Holbrook <patrickholbrook@yahoo.com>
Mon, 3 Sep 2001 12:18:07 -0700 (PDT)
It seems obvious that any problems someone might have with the gfp bunny project and the release of the rabbit in question to Edouardo Kac has to do with the use of the frightening technology involved. Technology which, we are all aware, is used far more frequently for the sole purpose of making money. I am not convinced that profit is a parameter that ensures only worthwhile experiments are conducted. People are right to question the merit of Edouardo Kac's artistic experiment with the gfp bunny. It is time all the work in this field is thought about and decisions made by the people as to what is appropriate, and what is not. Kac has made the proper care of the rabbit for the entirity of its life part of the project, and his project has allowed society to discuss this heady and frightening topic from a new, previously unimagined angle. I would argue it does no harm either to the rabbit, or to society at large. Technologies in this realm are moving ahead at such a great pace that the people of earth will have to do some quick and creative thinking to ensure they are used wisely. Well done, Mr. Kac, thank you.
Lesley Provost <lesley_provost@sympatico.ca>
toronto, on canada - Tuesday, August 14, 2001 at 16:10:56 (PDT)
Mr. Kac has violated no laws and has done nothing inhumane or immoral; the only immorality here is that legal authorities have taken Alba, an innocent animal, from a loving home to a clinical setting. There is nothing in Alba's genetic makeup that causes her or any other living being any pain or damage whatsoever. Mr. Kac clearly has great personal affection for her; she would certainly receive better treatment in the personal care of Mr. Kac, his family and friends, rather than that of an institution.
Len Rothbart
NY, NY USA - Friday, August 03, 2001 at 15:57:36 (PDT)
Alba is the prettiest bunny in the universe! She should come home!
Alissa Mower Clough <teleny@connix.com>
Hamden, CT USA - Monday, July 30, 2001 at 10:42:11 (PDT)
let alba come home! i cannot begin to understand why she is being kept from her family in the first place.
alicia vilbaum <9volt@ihateclowns.com>
austin, tx USA - Tuesday, July 24, 2001 at 15:36:05 (PDT)
I'm not entirely convinced that this creature exists at all. On this website, I see an apparently untouched picture of a man holding a normal-looking white rabbit, and a very carefully trimmed image of a rabbit that appears to be glowing green. Trimmed, perhaps, to hide the fact that the image was digitally re-colored? Anyone with the slightest amount of graphical skill could easily take a photograph of a white rabbit and retouch it in Photoshop or a similar program and produce a similar "glowing" rabbit image. If there really is such a creature as Alba, then certainly she should be allowed to live as a housepet rather than as a lab animal, but before I can wholeheartedly side with your cause I will require more proof than a single image that I could have produced myself.
Nathan Rosen
Baltimore, MD USA - Sunday, July 22, 2001 at 14:08:51 (PDT)

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Yeah, but can it talk? Can it be trained to use modern weaponry? Can the green pigmentation be adapted for use in jungle counter insurgency missions (ie: as camoflage for a killer bunny)? But seriously...a glow-in-the-dark bunny? Are you sure you didn't make Alba just because you could? Did you really *have* to make her in order to spark debate over the moral and philosophical implications of genetic engineering? Couldn't we have those debates *before* making a glowing bunny rabbit? Or is this just a publicity stunt to get funding?
Frankenschteen <steve1@i1.net>
St Louis, MO USA - Friday, July 20, 2001 at 15:13:31 (PDT)
Hi Eduardo As you know... I support you and Alba. May you find togetherness! (Pending FDA/EPA approval.) I have no problem with the techniques of transgenesis being used for art production purposes. I do have an objection to the concept of this being a Harmless Art. Why pretend that? The inserted gene is claimed to be harmless to Alba as an organism. This is an industry claim that I seriously doubt. But, if the art of GFP Bunny is not Alba in Herself but instead 'comprises her creation' including the techniques of Insertational Mutagenesis and you still want to claim that 'no harm was done' then lets take a closer look at the Protocols for a Transgenic Rabbit… They call for hormone treatments both for hyper-ovulation of the egg supplying (donor) rabbit -- mom(1) and hormone treatments for the psuedopregnant state of the surrogate 'uterus' donor -- mom(2) and surgery on both sides to collect the fertilized embryos from the fallopian tubes of mom(1) rabbit and to implant the GFP positive embryos into the surrogate uterus of the mom(2) rabbit. This says nothing of the throwing away of the biohazardous ‘leftover’ embryos that didn't take the transgene properly. As a part of the process We also have to take into account the unnamed or numbered Brothers and Sisters of Alba who were possibly still born or born with abnormalities due to the viral infection vectors, cytoplasmic bacterial infection bad laparascopic technique, or other natural causes. How many embryos were implanted? From which rabbit? Into which rabbit? How many lived? How many were tossed? Where are Alba's moms? Could you have done this procedure, proudly, with your own hands? Let me be clear. I remind you that I support your actions, morally and artistically. and believe that Transgenic Art both the products and the processes are valid as an art forms and as much needed commentaries on an industry of post/species-boundary breeding technology. Unnecessary surgery Aesthetic breeding Even embryonic gene-play should and has be done by curious artists wielding their own scalpels. But it does us all an injustice to white wash (or green glow wash) a bloody and meaty process. No art that uses the knife (even a knife for hire) should claim that it is harmless. That is a grotesque affront. Could you to be a little more transparent or forthcoming When you review the modern breeding procedures That went into the formation of Alba? They surely did cause some harm. Signing out until next time, A difficult fan, Adam Zaretsky Research Affiliate, MFA Arnold Demain Fermentation and Industrial Microbiology Laboratory Department of Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology 68-223 Cambridge MA 02139 zaretsky@mit.edu PS: I hope the next trangenic mammalian art piece is better documented. I mean the glowing birth of a GFP Mammal will be a gorgeous event to capture on Digital Video!
Adam Zaretsky <zaretsky@mit.edu>
Woodstock, NY USA - Tuesday, July 17, 2001 at 11:02:46 (PDT)
interesantisimo trabajo el del señor kac, del que ya tenia noticias desde hace un par de años gracias a un taller que hice en santander (españa) con andy deck. hace unos dias me llego la revista zehar, donde pude leer un trabajo que hablaba de alba y que inevitablemente me hizo recordar al señor louis bec(a quien tuve el honor de conocer en bilbao en 1996 en un seminario) y sus criaturas de sintesis y sus magnificos trabajos sobre lenguajes de comunicacion entre ellos, basados en el lenguaje de comunicacion de los cefalopodos. por eso al leer en la web de eduardo kac (gracias al software de traduccion) el nombre del señor bec, me lleve una gran alegría por ver que las personas cuyo trabajo me gusta estan trabajando juntas. claro que apoyo que alba se vaya a casa y que sea muy feliz. Pero no puedo evitar, a pesar de todos sus comentarios eticos, el sentir temor por este tipo de experimentos. con el sr. bec no tenia estos problemas pues todo se resuelve en el campo de la vida e inteligencia artificial, pero aqui estamos hablando de la VIDA. al leer en la revista zehar (de san sebastian, españa) que en un futuro cualquier artista podria escribir su combinacion de genes, enviarlo a un laboratorio y recibir en su casa una probeta con el adn que él inventó para crear animales nuevos, me pregunto adonde podría llevar todo esto. de entrada a una desvalorzacion absoluta de la vida al convertirla en algo manipulable a voluntad. no todo el mundo, señor kac, tiene el nivel etico de que usted hace gala y que yo comparto. tal vez este sentimiento mio tenga que ver con que en europa todavia sentimos un respeto hacia la vida que tal vez en america se ha perdido. esto constituye una absoluta desacralizacion de la vida, sin que esto tenga una connotacion religiosa, sino solo de respeto hacia algo tan esencial. no quiero ser antigua, negandome a experimentar en cualquier campo, pero me pregunto que clase de monstruos acabaremos viendo de seguir por este camino. y ¿tendrían sentimientos estos monstruos? tendrían alma?. no puedo evitar recordar blade runner. ¿tendrían algun tipo de consciencia? señor kac sé que usted cuidará de alba en su casa magnificamente bien, y el experimento me parece fascinante, pero no puedo evitar sentir miedo. y yo no soy miedosa. a pesar de ello le deseo a usted lo mejor en sus investigaciones, de las que me gustaría estar al tanto si es posible. un saludo. matusa barros.
matusa barros <matusabarros@yahoo.es>
vigo, galicia españa - Saturday, July 14, 2001 at 11:03:05 (PDT)
Queremos a visita do coelho, no Centro de artes da UDESC em Florianopolis/SC
Sandra <sandraanunes@hotmail.com>
Florianopolis, SC BR - Friday, July 13, 2001 at 15:51:03 (PDT)
YES - Alba should be allowed to come home, Alba should be with her loving family. I support E. Kac's efforts to free Alba!
Lynn <art3cat@hotmail.com>
Berkeley, CA USA - Wednesday, July 11, 2001 at 21:32:05 (PDT)
somos todos já tão e desde sempre transmutados, coloridos em pelos, e tons de pele em manchas e presos à lugares, afinal, porque não o coelho, smart pet all of us stupit toys
bianca Scliar <scliar@matrix.com.br>
florianópolis, sc brasil - Monday, July 09, 2001 at 18:25:55 (PDT)
alba go home!!
daniel rivera <transfaces@hotmail.com>
mexico city, mexico - Wednesday, June 27, 2001 at 10:34:39 (PDT)
to see how affectionate you were with alba leaves no doubt she deserves to be home. what the heck are they doing with her? let me know how this turns out. thanks anita
anita mccreery <neatsiemc@spinfinder.com>
santa cruz, ca USA - Monday, June 25, 2001 at 18:38:51 (PDT)
Please send Alba to her parents!
Lisa Williams <lisamelisa@excite.com>
Kalamazoo, MI USA - Sunday, June 24, 2001 at 18:38:13 (PDT)
You know, it really bothers me how people swarm all over a single animal's rights in a situation like this (and believe me, there are animals all over the place who are treated FAR, FAR worse) and then completely ignore larger issues, like this turning into a big business without regard for all animals' rights as living things. I'm not a creationist, so I'm not bothered by people changing things away from "God's plan" or something... but even before genetic engineering, there were stories of people breeding and selling kittens that had a mutation so they were missing a bone in their forelegs and had to hop around, "cutely", actually much like rabbits. Problem being, this must be extremely painful for all the animals that were bred that way. What if genetic engineering like this has psychological or mental effects that you can't see? What if it has obvious physical effects that buyers don't care about? Wow, really fuzzy rabbits are popular this year so let's genetically engineer one with REALLY long fur! Never mind that the poor rabbits get too hot and die. You know, maybe if we created a dog without teeth we wouldn't have to worry about it biting people! Now you've got a new breed with great difficulty eating, and nobody cares. If genetic engineering for ART is accepted by the mainstream, things like THIS certainly will, too. There's a lot of potential to create animals that are born into a horrible existance, regardless of if they live in a lab or a home.
Sowelu
Woodinville, WA USA - Saturday, June 23, 2001 at 04:59:34 (PDT)
There's a clear right and wrong here.
Milo Polte <t-milop@microsoft.com>
Sunnyvale, CA USA - Thursday, June 21, 2001 at 19:15:46 (PDT)
Je suis un etudiant en génétique,j'adores ce que vous manipulé ci c'est dans le bien de la science,je suis pauvre en documentation sur les transgénique,je t'en pris ecrit moi
Abdallah Noreddine <nawnow@caramail.com>
Oran, alg Algérie - Thursday, June 21, 2001 at 16:28:13 (PDT)
Animal cruelty issues and the moral issues that genetic engineering brings up ASIDE... How can you call this ART? Seriously. All you did was take the idea of transplanting one creature's DNA to another (scientists did the EXACT same thing with a jellyfish and a mouse that "you" did with Alba YEARS ago - back in 1997!). If you think that just doing something that makes people react, in one way or another, is art, then maybe Alba is art. But as far as I see it, you just copied someone else's idea. http://www.parascope.com/articles/slips/fs_174.htm
Jason Foster <loosenut@nospam.org>
Seattle, WA USA - Tuesday, June 19, 2001 at 12:26:50 (PDT)
Love the Idea, you must have worked so hard to make Alba a reality. Well Done. Will
William Hill <williamchill@hotmail.com>
London, UK - Monday, June 18, 2001 at 11:40:46 (PDT)
Diese Ausstellung finde ich sehr gelungen.
Bend Jollig
Duisburg, Germany - Saturday, June 16, 2001 at 06:14:15 (PDT)
Es kann nur einen Hasen geben, und das ist der Schnuckelhase. Kann man Alba nicht klonen, ich hätte gern so ein Nachttischlampe?
Babyhase <florian_muehlegger@web.de>
Muenchen, Germany - Friday, June 15, 2001 at 08:08:08 (PDT)
Alba gu brath!
Steaphan Risnidh
Dun -deagh, Alba - Friday, June 15, 2001 at 04:36:38 (PDT)
i rekon that this is one good step prompting discussion on the debate of GM. I personally agree and look forward to the time when you can buy glowing bunnies iin the shops! RABBITS RULE!!!!!!! (especially green ones) In my opinion, this is much less cruel to the aniaml than, for example, breeding with long hair, which obviously causes the animal distress.
Paul
ENGLAND_RULES!! - Monday, June 11, 2001 at 06:01:27 (PDT)
ein kaninchen ist keine kunst, sondern ein lebendiges geschöpf. free alba antje
Antje B. <John530308@aol.com>
DUISBURG, GERMANY - Sunday, June 10, 2001 at 10:12:37 (PDT)
schmeckt fluoreszierend besser ????
mynona
USA - Saturday, June 09, 2001 at 08:52:31 (PDT)
FREE ALL MUTANTS - CHAOS AND DISORDER CHAOS AND DISORDER
frank <liftoffalpha@hotmail.com>
arnheim, niederlande deutschland - Saturday, June 09, 2001 at 05:30:46 (PDT)
FREE ALL MUTANTS - CHAOS AND DISORDER
frank <liftoffalpha@hotmail.com>
arnheim, niederlande deutschland - Saturday, June 09, 2001 at 05:28:57 (PDT)
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David Lopez <TalibKweli@web.de>
Gelsenkirchen, NW Germany - Thursday, June 07, 2001 at 05:34:17 (PDT)
Shuuuuuuuuuu wassuuppppp visit my black music site
TalibKweli <TalibKweli@web.de>
Gelsenkirchen, NRW Germany - Thursday, June 07, 2001 at 05:26:34 (PDT)
Nobody has the right, to hold an animal back. And if it´s the Rabbit of Eduardo... The Institute makes bullsh...
Raphael Harbs <raffnes@hotmail.com>
Hambrug, -- Germany - Wednesday, June 06, 2001 at 15:06:31 (PDT)
bring the bunny back!
thomas <thomas.tsa@gmx.net>
essen, nrw germany - Tuesday, June 05, 2001 at 07:15:10 (PDT)
Is an artist allowed to use animals? Is he allowed to use human beings? Is he allowed to ab-use himself?? As long as one ask these questions, ART is not dead....
JohnF´Feldman <John530308@aol.com>
Germany - Sunday, June 03, 2001 at 08:59:32 (PDT)
lol
Freak <BlackXerox@aol.com>
USA - Thursday, May 31, 2001 at 05:26:20 (PDT)
Love ya! Love your site!
women in business
USA - Wednesday, May 30, 2001 at 17:04:00 (PDT)
Count on my support Alba! Hope things change in this world for the good of Human kind.
Jorge Colon <jorgito_70@yahoo.com>
Orlando, fl USA - Wednesday, May 30, 2001 at 15:10:28 (PDT)
You Rock! Let the Rabbit come home!
Steven Ryan <sryan@vsapartners.com>
Chicago, IL USA - Wednesday, May 30, 2001 at 01:47:15 (PDT)
Let Alba come home! Alba isn't an "It" it's an animal! She desevers to live a life like any other rabbit! A rabbit has feelings too! I think who ever thinks that Alba is an it or should stay at the lab probably came from hell! They are putting stress on the animal who needs to be loved!
Stephanie Engelke <chihuahua_pup@hotmail.com>
Aliso Viejo, CA USA - Tuesday, May 29, 2001 at 00:11:08 (PDT)
I love your site. We're in the process of building a science news site to go along with our weekly science radio show "This Week in Science" on 90.3 KDVS UC Davis, CA (http://www.kdvs.org). Hopefully it will be as informative as yours!
science news
USA - Friday, May 25, 2001 at 13:16:07 (PDT)
Release Alba. No living being deserves to be poked and prodded just because he/she isn't "normal" by society's standards. Let her have a good, loving home, without being the center of all this debate. As for 'uninformed individuals' duplicating this project and creating more transgenic animals... please point me to where us 'uninformed' people can get the materials needed at a low cost and the lab time... I've got a cat I'd like to see glow blue... keep me from tripping over him in the night.
Michael Babcock
USA - Thursday, May 24, 2001 at 05:33:09 (PDT)
I think Eduardo's emphasis on the socialisation and experience of transenic animals are what is needed to preserve their rights in the face of commercial pressures that would use them merely as objects. If we are to use transgenics, Eduardo's approach is the way to go. Alba needs a nice family! Give her to Eduardo Kac!
Michael
Sydney, - Thursday, May 24, 2001 at 02:16:47 (PDT)
Ich finde die aktion vom alba eigentlich sehr gelungen, aber trotzdem interresiert sie mich nicht alzusehr. aber ich wünsche ihm sehr viel erfolg und hoffe das er sich behaupten kann.
Galaki
USA - Wednesday, May 23, 2001 at 05:56:07 (PDT)
Hallo , ich kenne diesen Alba nicht also kann ich auch nix wirklich gar NIX dazu sagen !! Aber Trotzdem an alle einen schönen Gruss !!
Stefan Puppy
Germany - Wednesday, May 23, 2001 at 05:54:20 (PDT)
Ich finde ALBA sehr Sozialkritisch, er behandelt die wirklich wichtigen Dinge !! I Love you !!!!! :O) :O(
Saskia Scheller <---------------------------------@ gmx de>
usa - Wednesday, May 23, 2001 at 05:49:16 (PDT)
Hallo erstmal, ich finde die Aktion von Alba sehr gelungen. Da sie sehr viele wichtige Aspekte der Gesellschaft anspricht. 10000 Gummipunkte an ihn !!!!!
Andreas Bachi <gig1884@web.de>
Germany - Wednesday, May 23, 2001 at 05:44:27 (PDT)
Ohne Bunny vorher gesehen zu haben ist es schwierig eine Meinung zu äussern. Herzliche Grüsse Lisa
Lisa Opgenheim <lisa.opgenheim@uni-essen.de>
essen, Germany - Sunday, May 20, 2001 at 10:14:58 (PDT)
Os artistas brasileiros estão orgulhosos pelo sucesso de Alba.Que ela seja o primeiro dos muitos animais transgênicos que serão criados por artistas-cientistas. Congratulações!
Bianca Lemos <biancalemos@hotmail.com>
Juiz de Fora, MG Brasil - Thursday, May 17, 2001 at 13:03:59 (PDT)
Why didn't you do this with your own daughter. This is real sick. Poor bunny. You and no one else has the right to do this to any living creature.
CF
Chapel Hill, NC USA - Monday, May 14, 2001 at 02:43:57 (PDT)
I really think that Alba should come home quickly!! His father must miss her a lot! It is a crime to take a baby of it's family, isn't it? Sincerely, Nina
Nina Velasco e Cruz <ninacruz@hotmail.com>
Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil - Thursday, May 10, 2001 at 11:38:41 (PDT)
A wide range of opinions and emotions are expressed on this page, many of them angry and hateful. Most of these 'arguments' suggest that Alba is a crime against nature and/or God, yet these reactions are nearly all knee-jerk responses from uninformed and frightened people, scared of what they do not understand. A natural enough reaction to the unknown, but a more mature response is to educate yourself before laying blame and making hateful statements. Violence often begins with misunderstanding. Good luck Kac, and thank you for stimulating this dialog.
Concerned
San Francisco, CA USA - Wednesday, May 09, 2001 at 19:05:23 (PDT)
I suggest try it with yourself!.... I would like to see YOU shining. ...And after all I wan't to go out with you. Give me a call. Claudia Wissmann 09.05.2001, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg, germany
Claudia Wissmann
Duisburg, D Germany - Wednesday, May 09, 2001 at 03:40:59 (PDT)
Al diavolo la burocrazia! Un forte augurio di buon rientro. claudio
arcuri claudio <arcuriclaudio@excite.it>
firenzw, italy - Tuesday, May 08, 2001 at 14:12:35 (PDT)
Alles große Scheiße
Gusav Pillemann
Duisburg, USA - Tuesday, May 08, 2001 at 05:09:09 (PDT)
Ich wünschte die Wissenschaftler würden mit demselben Enthusiasmus Wissenschaft FÜR Menschen verfolgen, wie für den Profit ihrer gnadenlosen Firmen.
Andreas Petrovitsch <petrovitsch@web.de>
Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Sunday, May 06, 2001 at 09:15:30 (PDT)
Dear Alba, its a pity what men have thought they ought to do, what they could do. I hope you have the chance to live a life a bunny is worth to live for. My heart is up to you...
Andreas Petrovitsch <fyninger@home.gelsen-net.de>
Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Sunday, May 06, 2001 at 09:13:00 (PDT)
Free Alba now! Free Alba now! Free Alba now! Free Alba now!
Gonzalo Frasca <spam@jacaranda.org>
Atlanta, GA USA - Saturday, May 05, 2001 at 11:24:59 (PDT)
Ich hätte es schöner gefunden, wenn Sie ein rosa kaninchen gezüchtet hätten.
Rosa Brand <r.brand@gmx.net>
Duisburg, Deutschland - Friday, May 04, 2001 at 07:56:29 (PDT)
I am not yet sure what to think about alba's conception in the first, but a green rabbit obviously makes a nice pet to have around. I think you should have it.
raquel tomáz <tomaz@37.com>
ghent, belgium - Sunday, April 29, 2001 at 10:49:38 (PDT)
EDUARDO KAC, IN HIS ROLE AS ARTIST, IN RELATION TO HIS GFP BUNNY WORK, HAS DONE MORE TO RAISE AND EDUCATE PUBLIC AWARENESS, AND ENGAGE IT'S DEBATE THAN ANY COVERT GENETIC ACTIVIST. THE GENOMIC SCIENCES, AS THEY EXIST TODAY, ENCOMPASS REALITIES WHICH ARE FAR MORE SINISTER THAN THE HYBRIDISING OF JELLYFISH DNA WITH BUNNY RABBITS. THE "TRANSGENIC" IS AN UNAVOIDABLE REALITY, GO TO ANY SUPERMARKET OR GROCERY STORE AND MEET IT'S PARENTS MR & MRS GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD. EDUARDO HAS, THROUGH THIS WORK REDEFINED THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN ART AND SCIENCE, CREATED "NEW" SPACES WITHIN CONTEMPORARY ART PRACTICE AND EMULATED CURRENT SOCIAL/MORAL/ETHICAL CONCERN AND CONSIDERATION. IS IT NOT THE ROLE OF THE ARTIST TO REFLECT SOCIETY BACK TO ITSELF? EDUARDO KAC, THROUGH HIS VENERABLE AND COUAGEOUS ART PRACTICE WILL EMERGE AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTISTS AT THIS TIME HISTORICALLY!!!!!!! POST-MODERNISM & POST-CONCEPTUALISM ARE DEAD LONG LIVE THE TRANSGENIC AND MOST IMPORTANTLY LET ALBA GO HOME!!!
MARNIE DEAN <marnied@webexpress.net.au>
BRISBANE, Q.L.D. AUSTRALIA - Thursday, April 26, 2001 at 23:43:54 (PDT) 
Simply put; by the detention of the animal Alba; the full effect of the work cannot progress. It is a classical situation whereby an antagonist emblazons the meaning he/she is trying to disrupt by their own ignorance, on the mind of all observers, and unfortuantely the wise must simlpy stand back and lament; yet at least they realize the growth of the meaning nevertheless, even through a sour process.
Abel Garcia <unclespin@att.net>
P.B.G., FL. USA - Wednesday, April 25, 2001 at 20:28:11 (PDT) 
NO WAY!!!!!!!.....I am not in support of your views on transgenic animals and using them for art projects... your behavior is unacceptable as an artist and most of all as a human being....allowing Alba to come home with you would only prompt other un-informed people to carry on with similar projects....kim male
kim male <kmale@scad.edu>
savannah, ga USA - Wednesday, April 25, 2001 at 12:05:33 (PDT) 
Alba is a living thing! She needs to be loved and be cuddled like any other living animal!Rabbits have feelings too!She should be free, she did enough just to be born different!
Stephanie <chihuahua_pup@hotmail.com>
AlisoViejo, CA USA - Wednesday, April 25, 2001 at 10:17:10 (PDT) 
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francisco razzo <razzo@ig.com.br>
mogi das cruzes, SP brasil - Tuesday, April 24, 2001 at 15:12:10 (PDT) 
Poor bunny :( it has been subjected to genetic tampering, which in turn will eventually be destroyed to further the knowledge of science. Even though Kac did nothing but offer the idea, and the scientists did everything else, the bunny will be killed to donate it's zygotes unless given (not returned) to Eduardo Kac. It is human to ask questions about the unknown, but how human is it to play the role of God? Create and destroy, just for the simple amusement of a cheap frill? I wonder if Eduardo really wants to take all the responsibility from this poor bunnie's death, and dozens after it just for an insignificant aspect, glowing green under an ultraviolet blue light.
James <ninja__kid@hotmail.com>
USA - Sunday, April 22, 2001 at 00:21:30 (PDT) 
The idea was from E. Kac, Alba must be in home, laboratory isn't a home for any animal.
M—nica Mena <mona_mena@hotmail.com>
Quito, Ecuador - Saturday, April 21, 2001 at 17:13:56 (PDT) 
Why flourescent? isn't this just another pointless mutation?
Caroline Parsons <Parsons@chiveshouse.freeserve.co.uk>
Hastings, U.K - Friday, April 20, 2001 at 13:18:26 (PDT) 
Fuck Bunny... Fuck You... Fuck The Matrix!
bunny <javardo69@hotmail.com>
ccc - Tuesday, April 17, 2001 at 16:09:10 (PDT) 
I think it's really sad how those miserable people won't give you your bunny. It lewks so cute, and I'm sure you could give it a good home. ; ) It's nice you want to lower the fear of genetic alteration/mutation.
Cassandra Cloud <vamp_angel@hotmail.com>
Randallstown, MD USA - Monday, April 16, 2001 at 21:42:10 (PDT) 
It is a pity that Alba could not be allowed to enter her new home because the ongoing integration of Alba into human society would have been an important experiment in human/transgenic interactions, the results of which hold the promise of great significance to all our futures.
Stephen Weston <stephen.weston1@ntlworld.com>
USA - Sunday, April 15, 2001 at 16:45:38 (PDT) 
very nice, Eduardo. I approve.
Ivan DeWolf <ivan@martiantoolz.com>
Los Angeles, CA USA - Thursday, April 12, 2001 at 21:29:15 (PDT) 
I would like to say I have no problem with this experiment. Now I'm not an animal lover and I don't believe that animals have feelings and all this other crap, but I do understand what you guys are saying. Also I think God wants us to do this. If he didn't we would be punished severly and would tell us it's wrong. I believe he wants us to know about everything we do and come to know about genetics. If he didn't want us to know it, he wouldn't let us. I also want to congratulate you on your success! God bless
Annie <pickleogirl@hotmail.com>
OR USA - Thursday, April 12, 2001 at 17:12:15 (PDT) 
I HAVE TO SAY IM VERY SORRY TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENING- IM TALKING ABOUT YOU MESSING WITH THIS POOR RABBIT JUST SO THAT IT CAN GLOW- I THINK ITS SICK- THIS ANIMAL HAD NO CHOICE TO HAVE THIS DONE AND I THINK ITS VERY WRONG
MELISSA CHURA <ASTRIDMOON@INORBIT.COM>
NY USA - Wednesday, April 11, 2001 at 13:08:44 (PDT) 
I agree to some degree with the work your doing. I understand the importance and interest of creating dialoges between parties, something you do very well. The bunny should be returned to its home (As long as your going to look after it that is) but you should also take into account the problems that may occur if the bunny escaped you, and ran into the wild. Is the gene a dominant one? Could you start a new breed of Bunnies? and we do not know yet whether by changing this gene inpartivular you could be creating a weakness somewhere else. Continue your intresting work, but please be careful.
Dan Efergan <rubberduk@hotmail.com>
Plymouth, Devon UK - Tuesday, April 10, 2001 at 11:13:52 (PDT) 
As to ownership & title to the chattel rabbit, "Alba" (why not "Verde"?), who actually paid for the "commisioned" work? When my clients commision a work, they pay my fee(s) & they own the work product & any associated intellectual property. There seems to be a bit of confusion of the differences between phosphorescence & luminescence. Far too many seem to believe that this chimeric animal glows in the dark like a lightning bug, when all it (maybe) does is fluoresce like a scorpion under UV. Publishing an unmodified color photograph taken under essentially monochromatic 488 nM light would go a long way towards establishing credibility. If you want a copy of an unmodified color photograph of a common South Texas scorpion fluorescing under UV, lemme know & I'll e-mail one to you. ALL scorpions fluoresce yellow under UV. Feed a scorpion a few lightning bugs (especially if just the tips of the abdomens of several dozen lightning bugs)& it will luminesce as well for a few nights.
Karl W. Schweickardt, Jr. <KarlSnake@aol.com>
San Antonio, TX USA - Saturday, April 07, 2001 at 14:20:44 (PDT) 
What can be done for humans? Specifically club goers who want to glow as they rave?
ed sibley <ed.sibley@digitalpeinsula.com>
Penzance, UK - Wednesday, April 04, 2001 at 04:29:58 (PDT) 
G F P Bunny has home in our minds and hearts. G lowing in our conceptions of humanity and animality F ounding answers for art and live P utting green light on the domestic new transgenic space.
Andres Burbano <andres@mentecolectiva.com>
Bogota, DC Colombia - Tuesday, April 03, 2001 at 23:38:48 (PDT) 
Alba is a very special little bunny, so I would like to see it home and free!!
Michelle Hoare <mhoarec2n01299@kiadroch.kiad.ac.uk>
Canterbury, UK - Tuesday, April 03, 2001 at 14:06:24 (PDT) 
It sounds to me like Alba would have a very loving home. I think if someone went to the lengths they have there is no reason to doubt they would do anything less then take prefect care of this rabbit. This rabbit is no danger to society. If this rabbit were in the wild there would not even be a threat as I hardly think someone would be around shining blue lights on them to make the glow.Then once again I hardly think someone going to this much trouble would would set the rabbit free. Alba should be freed to live with her rightful owners.
Lilith <cozybunny@webtv.net>
Atlanta, Ga. USA - Monday, April 02, 2001 at 00:09:29 (PDT) 
Hi My names Jenny Nelson and I'm from a BBC website in Britain called allabouteve.co.uk. We are putting together a feature on The Alba bunny and the ekac and I will be needing to use some of the images from the site to go with it. We will be including links to your site so it will be great publicity.
Jennifer Nelson <jennifer.nelson@beeb.com>
london, Great Britain - Thursday, March 29, 2001 at 06:18:06 (PST) 
hi, As a transgenic scientist working with EGFP and a bunny lover (I have 3 lops myself). It is obviously very exciting to hear about your bunny. However, I do have concern about the side effect of EGFP. Even though I toy with God's creation alot, I only do it for medical purposes and not for fun or art. Your rabbit could be suffering due to EGFP and he couldn't tell you. So please, re-consider about continuing your art. Just as I won't do any unneccessary transgenic work. Thank you for your attention
Andrew Wong <dullwong@excite.com>
Canada - Tuesday, March 27, 2001 at 15:07:57 (PST) 
Just another voice in support of your work. Did you have a choice of colours? Hope you get your bunny back.
Sarah O'Brien <s.obrien@lancaster.co.uk>
Lancaster, England - Wednesday, March 21, 2001 at 12:08:01 (PST) 
One of Alba's greatest accomplishments, just in being alive, is as a vehicle to educate humanity on the potentials inherent in the genomic sciences. Her very existence calls clearly into focus the tremendous precipice that humanity is on the brink of, where creatures unimagined potentially have means to live and breathe among the rest of us. The other side of the equation is that gene splicing is nothing new. In evolutionary terms, these kinds of events are possible through the natural emissions of the sun's radiation, or naturally occurring radiation from earth itself...but on a more random basis. The difference here, however, is that Alba has been customized; designed. What was once thought to be an accomplishment only capable by god, humanity now has the tools to evoke new life, where life did not exist before. That scares the fundamentalists, because their belief systems that they hold flawless have been shattered. Now their choice is to either learn about this new facet of god, or reject it, and hold their hands up to the cathode ray tube for enlightenment, for direction, and donations...Science has often shaken the bastions of the establishment. Copernicus, Newton, Pepperberg have all been criticized for challenging the parameters of acceptable idealism. But those boundaries turned out to be launching pads into realms of learning that have proved fundamental to the sciences of the present day. Alba just happens to be todayâs milestone along a continuum where humanity sheds her blinders in the undying hope of seeing the universe more clearly.
Paul <pbouboutsis@mediaone.netq>
Chicago , IL USA - Tuesday, March 20, 2001 at 13:22:33 (PST) 
forget cows; bring the bunny back
john rininger <jrininge@condor.depaul.edu>
Chicago, IL USA - Monday, March 19, 2001 at 11:53:59 (PST) 
To Mr Kac: you have certainly suceeded in the the first part and gererated a remarkable social discourse about GM. I hope you suceeded in the second part and are able to bring Alba home. To all those who decry this as a horribal misuse of science to alter life I have this to say. All breeds of dog are decended from a single species of wolf, we have such a variety (just compare a St Bernard and a Chauia) because of slective breeding, the slow form of genetic engineering. How cay you say what Mr Kac has done is sick and twisted without acknolaging the same of all demestocated breeds of animals, indeed of the entire human civilation that would not exsist without our ansestors demestocating animals. We've been doing this sort of thing for thousands of years and we will continue to do so, GM will only fast track it. Oh Yeah and LET THE BUNNY GO HOME!!
S Mason <hagenclaw@icqmail.com>
Wollongong, NSW Australia - Sunday, March 18, 2001 at 22:00:47 (PST) 
Alba is E. Kac's brainchild, and terefore his own luminescent bunny rabbit. Alba ROCKS! and alba is a living creature deserving of the Kac family's love.
jonathan s. dennison <jdennison@mac.com>
deland, fl USA - Friday, March 16, 2001 at 14:21:42 (PST) 
i just discovered Kac's artwork and i must say this is the first time i find something really interesting in the contemporary creation, at least this artist doesn't spend his time thinking about himself like so many of his collegues; congratulations and keep on working! and free Alba!
colombe <colombe@parisfree.com>
Strasbourg, FRANCE - Thursday, March 15, 2001 at 20:09:32 (PST) 
What about the other rabbits that were produced by this experiment, but are not expressing the desired "glowing" gene? Where is the concern for their lives? I believe there were 2 other viable rabbits produced... What a wonderful star this Alba is that Kac fights so hard for her AND her siblings...
Kate
USA - Tuesday, March 13, 2001 at 17:16:58 (PST) 
I want a glow in the dark bunny too!!!!
andrew <pluto_earth@hotmail.com>
toronto, ON canada - Tuesday, March 13, 2001 at 11:28:23 (PST) 
i was lucky enough to be a student of eduardo's during his short stay at the university of kentucky in the mid 90's. a fellow student and friend of mine often speak fondly of eduardo and keep our eyes and ears wide open, hoping to learn of his next amazing accomplishment. i think this takes the cake. send alba home!! eduardo's brilliance has stunned me once again and has opened another door with his transgenic work. nice to see someone expanding the boundaries.
john "kevin" powell <kpowe932@fox.com>
denver, co USA - Monday, March 12, 2001 at 21:22:56 (PST) 
Do not nake the dog if will out it life in a lab
Peter Loring <ploring@mindspring.com>
nYc, USA - Monday, March 12, 2001 at 01:00:33 (PST) 
As any other pet, Alba should be with the family that wants to care and love it. As an art/social landmark, Alba has to live with the Kac family to make visible and know all the misconceptions we have about genetically modified beings and genetic engeneering. Above all, it should demonstrate how these "new" living beings can be harmfull or not, loved or not, be in society or not, have their own identity or not. We need Alba to contrast it to the general widespread idea of genetically altered beings as unidentified animal mass production.
Gil Barros <gil@eletrolab.org>
- Friday, March 09, 2001 at 00:01:35 (PST) 
To whoever is preventing Alba from being released: SET ALBA FREE! Three and a half years ago, I adopted a lab rabbit, a New Zealand white just like Alba, and I cannot express the joy that his companionship brings me. Not many people realise that rabbits can be as close a companion as a dog or a cat. My Loppy has free run of the house. He is house-trained and he even sleeps on the bed sometimes. He really, really loves me. Imagine his eager excited face and his shining eyes as he follops up to greet me , expecting a good old head-rub when I come home from work. Now think what his life would be like if he was kept in a a cage in a laboratory. This is what Alba is facing. Boredom, loneliness, lack of stimulation, lack of exercise. Rabbits are social creatures, and need interaction with other rabbits or other animals such as humans. They need to have exercise to keep their muscles strong, and to keep their GI tract in good shape. They need a varied environment to keep them mentally active. In the lab, Alba is probably getting a diet of rabbit chow, instead of the fresh greens and hay that she needs. Alba is missing out on so much, yet Kac has so much to offer her. He is waiting to take her home and give her everything she needs. Why not let her go? Bunnies only live for a short time, less than 10 years for a spoiled house-rabbit, even less for a cramped, caged rabbit. She is wasting her life away in prison. Why not just cut the red-tape and let this beautiful creature have a decent life. Smithers and Lopashun the rabbit
Smithers <Lopashun@aol.com>
San Diego, CA USA - Wednesday, March 07, 2001 at 21:33:45 (PST) 
I think alba should be with that art guy cause he provides a nice home not a science lab
Zak <Zakkai@home.com>
windsor, ct USA - Wednesday, March 07, 2001 at 07:52:45 (PST) 
COME TO US
YASIR-UL-MUSAWAR <YASIRAWAN@YAHOO.COM>
FAISALABAD, PAKISTAN - Thursday, March 01, 2001 at 01:21:26 (PST) 
I hope Alba gets to come home to the Kac family.
Honey Vizer <hvizer@hotmail.com>
Eugene, or USA - Wednesday, February 28, 2001 at 16:46:07 (PST) 
You bastard! How dare you play with nature like that! I hope you NEVER get Alba back!!!!!!
Laurel <bizkitchicc@aol.com>
Redding, CA USA - Wednesday, February 28, 2001 at 11:41:09 (PST) 
Where is Alba? I thought you had some ownership of her? Please clarify. Your project is of interest and your elucidation of issues well done. Dr. Kern
Diane Kern <drkern@mindspring.com>
Clayton, CA USA - Tuesday, February 27, 2001 at 12:13:55 (PST) 
I think, Alba should go home to the family. It would be to the best of this rabbit.
Kamma Nielsen <momse.mor@get2net.dk>
¯lsted, Denmark - Tuesday, February 27, 2001 at 12:02:10 (PST) 
Hi Ed. I saw some of your work here in NYC, certainly is challenging and thought provoking. I think the rabbit was a good idea for a piece, but here's a far better one. You are married? Conceive your next child with the GPF gene. This would avoid the problem of legal right to the offspring (they're yours of course) and of course the piece would have closure as you'd be able to get a reaction from the child about how it feels about the work. What do you think? K.
Sparky <knagel@gis.net>
USA - Monday, February 26, 2001 at 10:43:53 (PST) 
Alba should live in a loving, caring home, and not in any laboratory.
Mette Bergsaker <lilfuzz81@hotmail.com>
Bryne, Norway - Monday, February 19, 2001 at 20:40:53 (PST) 
Well done. I am a genetics student and its nice to see something more lightharted and accessible being done with the technology. As long as it doesnt harm the rabbit it can't be bad. With vivisection etc still being practiced on animals and battery hens still being farmed how can anyone object to something which will probably give the rabbit more attention and a better quality of life than many others of the species. Far more appealing than Damien Hursts work with animals in formaldehyde!!!! A fair amount less strssfull for the art its self too i imagine! Keep it up and good luck with the doggy :0)
Gareth Jenkins <grjenkins@talk21.com>
Cardiff, UK - Tuesday, February 13, 2001 at 11:59:24 (PST) 
Yours is a space I have been looking for.... Thank you.
Jon Jonson <matters@breathemail.net>
Bristol, UK - Monday, February 12, 2001 at 10:46:19 (PST) 
Such a beautiful bunny as Alba deserves a good home with a loving family that can fully appreciate all of her unique qualities.
jo steffens <jos@yackinc.com>
Oakland, CA USA - Tuesday, February 06, 2001 at 22:57:10 (PST) 
I hereby want to express my concern for Alba's wellbeing and my support for her to come home
S. Clement <tada@tokyo.com>
- Monday, February 05, 2001 at 22:30:54 (PST) 
Shame on you Mr. Kac. That rabbit does not belong to you. Although you claim to be addressing the important issues regarding transgenic and other biotech created organisms, in fact you have no respect for the serious implications of this type of research. Scientists do not sit around altering life to make artwork commissions. Contrary to popular belief, altering life requires great humility on the part of the scientists, they do not alter it for the sake of art. If you want a green bunny, buy some hair dye.
JL
USA - Monday, February 05, 2001 at 10:11:16 (PST) 
I think that Alba is wonderful and I wholeheartedly support her coming home. In this day and age, when transgenic crops are pervasive and human cloning is imminent, we need more artists like Eduardo Kac, who make us realize the significance of the cultural change underway. My point is that the current situation is not as simple as advocates and opponents of biotech would want us to believe (good or bad). Kac's art is as complex as our present condition, creating a new space for reflection and discussion. Hang in there Alba! We're waiting for you.
Gloria Parra <parra_gloria@hotmail.com >
Mexico City, Mexico - Sunday, February 04, 2001 at 11:28:12 (PST) 
You are all ass holes. The bunny is a living thing and it sure as hell doesnt desearve to be locked up while you do god knows what to it!! Let it go assholes!Stop trying to play God!
Nicki <lil_nikki@hotmail.com>
USA - Saturday, February 03, 2001 at 14:37:46 (PST) 
Rabbits, like dogs or cats, need a home and the stimulation which that environment (living with humans) brings to their lives. Rabbits are very social, respond to training and make very compatible house pets. Best of luck to you! And have fun! Jenifer.
Jenifer Panter <magicrabbit@newts.com>
Phoenix, AZ USA - Friday, February 02, 2001 at 15:36:13 (PST) 
Alba is a mutated lab thing. It is also lovable. the mutatedness does no harm to it or it's owners. The owners love it, it loves the owners, I Don't see a problem
Ben Sanders
USA - Friday, February 02, 2001 at 12:06:18 (PST) 
you are a sick shit
Ben Sanders
USA - Friday, February 02, 2001 at 12:04:17 (PST) 
Cool
Ben Sanders
USA - Friday, February 02, 2001 at 12:02:14 (PST) 
bunny bunny hi glowing in a greenish light please bunny come home a haiku by mmcindoe
montgomery mcindoe <mmcindoe@excite.com>
glen rock , nj USA - Friday, February 02, 2001 at 11:40:48 (PST) 
As a spinner of Angora and a keeper of Angora rabbits, I am intregued by the possibility of spinning a yarn that would glow under black light. As a former Psychology major, it doesn't sound like you've harmed the rabbit, nor does it seem like the rabbit is potentially harmful to anyone. Why shouldn't Alba be a pet?
Michele <harpspun@bigfoot.com>
Fremont, CA USA - Tuesday, January 30, 2001 at 13:13:42 (PST) 
I hate you, sick motherfucker!!
Hate You <nauseous1@hotmail.com>
Hateyouville, Nv USA - Tuesday, January 30, 2001 at 08:16:40 (PST) 
What possible good does it do to keep the bunny hostage?
margaret olin <molin@artic.edu>
chicago, il USA - Monday, January 29, 2001 at 11:42:26 (PST) 
Alba, sin duda es un hito en la historia del arte. El riesgo al actuar artisticamente sobre seres vivos es muy grande, pero hay que tener en cuenta que el espiritu del artista, su intuicion, su limpieza y buena voluntad no son usuales. El resultado no es solo ese tierno conejillo fluorescente llamado Alba, sino que en la misma acci—n se incluye la responsabilidad sobre la vida futura de Alba y su encaje social como "ser arte" que es.
Albert Gir—s <algiros@telepolis.com>
Barcelona, spain - Monday, January 29, 2001 at 03:03:15 (PST) 
I express my support for Alba to come home. I enjoyed several Kac's artwork.
German Trench <german_trench@il.com.ar>
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Sunday, January 28, 2001 at 17:57:29 (PST) 
I have a bunny who was a laboratory bun. I brought him home over 3 years ago, and he now lives happily and comfortably, free roaming in our house. He is a source of constant joy to me and my husband. He is part of our family, and we love him with all our hearts. He comminucates with us in his bunny way, and we find that we can understand him and he can understand us too. See www.rabbit.org for all the stuff about House Rabbits. Please let Alba leave the lab and come home to a loving family! A cage is no place for a bun. Let her have an enriched environment to explore so that she can learn and space so that she can run and play. She will grow into a wonderful companion! Kac already says that she is sweet and mellow. My Lopashun is feisty, bossy and domineering, but he is also full of love and will snuggle against me for hours, crunching his teeth (purring) in response to deep massages and gentle stroking. RELEASE ALBA TO A LOVING HOME! SHE DOESN'T BELONG IN THE LAB!
Smithers <thelopashun@aol.com>
San Diego, CA USA - Saturday, January 27, 2001 at 16:40:16 (PST) 
Dostoyvesky had once expressed the sentiment that animals would gladly walk alongside men if men were more noble. Who put Alba in its cage in the first place? We certainly owe Alba a good home.
Sharon Leong
San Francisco, CA USA - Friday, January 26, 2001 at 21:31:00 (PST) 
Alba is a living creature and is not something to test exspecaily if it is alive. How would you like it if someone did an experiment on you then wanted to take it home and keep it. You people are low life and don't deserve any respect from anybody. Some day maybe not today, but someday you jerks will realize that what u did is work and you all are going to rot in hell. I love animals with all my heart and it hurts so much to hear that you would do STUPID experiments on a pour living bunny. you people are bastards! Vivien
Vivien <twetebirdy>
IL USA - Thursday, January 25, 2001 at 21:05:36 (PST) 
You Bastard!!! your a freak!!! how can you experiment on a living creature, i hope you go down and burn to helll jessica
Jessica <jessica_01@hotmail.com>
sacramento, ca USA - Thursday, January 25, 2001 at 15:59:02 (PST) 
I think Alba is an amazing thing. But what I think would be a cool display is individual organs, grown with the GFP. If you can grow a brain structure or muscle tissue laced with the GFP and displayed that, the reaction would be mind numbing. I have a question I was wondering and hoping you can respond on: If you took the GFP from a jelly fish and in the wild Organisms in the ocean emit an aray of colores, could you extract a protien causing a different color?
Krystle Czerwinski <Treegirl572@aol.com>
Northlake, IL USA - Wednesday, January 24, 2001 at 22:20:47 (PST) 
hello, I am currently doing a report on Alba at my school, I feel there is no harm in taking it home, it does not harm anything, its just an ordinary rabbit, it only glows when there is ultra violet light by it. so I give you my support and hope Alba comes home! Bye!
Suwat Tareelap <suwat666@yahoo.com>
Schiller Park, IL USA - Wednesday, January 24, 2001 at 20:35:00 (PST) 
Please, just take care of her as if she was your own child
Nicki Blair <Nicki_Blair@hotmail.com>
Tulsa, OK USA - Tuesday, January 23, 2001 at 15:27:52 (PST) 
Free Alba.
Ellen Claycomb <yellowsubmarine@hotmail.com>
Tempe, AZ USA - Tuesday, January 23, 2001 at 13:00:07 (PST) 
Did you see what they did to the monkey? Andy is just a cheap copy of Alba... She came first and deserves top honors. Those damn primate copy cats... Yeah, let's do cats now!
George Test <georgetest@yupimail.com>
FL USA - Tuesday, January 23, 2001 at 10:33:02 (PST) 
Brilliant! Has changed how I think of Art and Science
James Briggs <james.briggs@ot.com.au>
MElbourne, VIC Australia - Tuesday, January 23, 2001 at 00:15:45 (PST) 
Alba has to go to her family! Best, Peter Tomaz
Dobrila Peter Tomaz <peco@kibla.org>
Maribor, SI Slovenia - Monday, January 22, 2001 at 06:45:49 (PST) 
i belive what kac did was wrong! i believe NO ONE has the right to alter with nature! much less for a new fad. a long time ago people believed that paintings (art) were not "art" if they were about people or nature because "art" is something YOU create and you didnt create people or nature, so kac's work seems useless to me unless maybe he created bunnies or jelly fish...? on the other hand i belive above anything else alba should not be kept in a cage, or studied on any further and the lesser of two eveils wuld be to send alba home with kac and hopefully he will care for her responsibly. SEND ALBA HOME WITH KAC!
Veruca <dewdlbug80@msn.com>
Tampa, Fl USA - Sunday, January 21, 2001 at 22:50:45 (PST) 
I would just like to say that I was very interested in Alba. My English instructor wanted us to look at this before our next class. I was surprised that you could do such things with a bunny and that someone took that much intrest in it. I think that Alba should be free to go home. I think that Alba deserves it.
Kimberly <WSRecords@hotmail.com>
Bowling Green, Ohio USA - Thursday, January 18, 2001 at 09:43:10 (PST) 
To put it bluntly, Alba should be placed in an environment in which she receives a good home and adequate care, which E. Kac and family are all the more willing to do. I believe that too much emphasis is placed on the fact that Alba's genetic alterations are being considered as a deciding factor for her future. In certain senses, animals have been "altered" for centuries by human beings in terms of domesticating them for the convenience of becoming household pets. As it is human nature to search out ways in which to please that innate sense for companionship, so we altercate our surroundings and thus devise ways to make that companionship possible. The only thing E. Kac wishes to do for his pet (not art project) is to provide Alba with a loving and caring environment, and what's wrong with that?
katie <mdlclshero@aol.com>
SF, CA USA - Thursday, January 18, 2001 at 00:42:24 (PST) 
The fact that Alba was borned from an artist original idea is poetic and has a lot of social implications. I would like to see Alba at Kac's home, but it could be dangerous for the safety of cats and dogs in the city of Chicago.
Andres Duque <andresduque@mailexcite.com>
Chicago, IL USA - Wednesday, January 17, 2001 at 16:17:04 (PST) 
Send Alba to space where she belongs - with the rest of the mutant alien freaks.
Cholo Roboto
USA - Wednesday, January 17, 2001 at 13:17:47 (PST) 
Please let ALBA go home with Eduardo, so that she can become a 'normal' rabbit, keep up with your pioneering work. Eddie Neave
Eddie Neave <weneave@hotmail.com>
Newport, uk - Wednesday, January 17, 2001 at 09:56:07 (PST) 
The ethics of the creation of Alba is moot. No animal should be forced to live in a tiny cage, isolated from contact with its own species or that species with which it is familiar. It is cruel to keep Alba from the family she knows.
sophie
Eugene, OR USA - Friday, January 12, 2001 at 10:14:36 (PST) 
to uphold the principles of love and humanity and to create an understanding for the compassion of all living beings, Alba must be allowed to come home
Zoe Dorelli <zoe.dan@virgin.net>
london, United Kingdom - Thursday, January 11, 2001 at 16:21:37 (PST) 
Alba deserves a good home, not a solitary laboratory cage in a sterile environment. Just because she has one extra gene shouldn't make her a freak of nature. On the contrary, the breeding of animals for specific traits has been done for thousands of years without great controversy. Look at the dachshund, bred to go into badger holes! Alba was created to show the scientific state that we are at in terms of genetic engineering and to create a forum for further discussion of its' risks and benefits.
Dan Hoppe <dhoppe@hotmail.com>
Toronto, ON Canada - Thursday, January 11, 2001 at 14:26:33 (PST) 
I would like you to explain why you feel it neccesary to express your art though mutations. Why did you not inject the gene into a human, who would at least have some say in the matter?
Katrina coins <klittle81@hotmail.com>
London, England - Thursday, January 11, 2001 at 12:38:46 (PST) 
I have known that this sort of thing was done for medical research. But I'm interested in the denial reaction of the scientific community when it was done for art.
Bryan Kilgallin <100236.2432@compuserve.com>
Canberra, ACT Australia - Thursday, January 11, 2001 at 04:47:30 (PST) 
It's certainly interesting. What I'd like to know is why some people consider this cruel, or make statements saying Alba will never be happy? While it's certainly a question whether or not we have a right to do this, Alba is that question posed in a neutral context - if you wish you can contrive a situation in which this work will harm rabbits everywhere, but that's exactly what it would be - contrived. At worst it's little worse than the predominance of albino rabbits as pets. At best it offers a little protection from UV light (and if they're anything like cats, albino rabbits will be prone to sunburn on their ears). As to the suggestion that Kac has messed with something that was perfect, that is pretty clearly not the case. If we're willing to acknowledge all humans different, why not all rabbits? The religious question, whether or not God approves of this is not one I'm certain I know the answer to. A vegetarian friend once asked me if the Bible said you could eat meat [1], does it say you can or cannot genetically modify organisms [2]? Consider also please, that although Alba is not a cure for cancer, there is a need for her existence to provoke this kind of discussion. Whether that existence should have been actual or hypothetical obviously makes this self referential art. By removing any benefits as well as (I hope and believe), any harm due to the alterations, Kac has prevented the question being a moral balancing act. There is no moral tradeoff here, no talk of human lives being saved or animal suffering reduced, which forces us to think about the rabbit's side of the equation. If only Alba could talk... Oh, and finally (and this is really a seperate issue, unless you believe Kac's actions show he wishes the rabbit harm), the cat's already out of the bag, therefore let the bunny go home too. [1] Yes, it does, but I'm sure someone will have managed to reinterpret that, and differences of opinion are allowed also. [2] Obviously there's no direct reference, which poses a bit of a problem.
Ian Malone (imalone) <i_b_malone@yahoo.com>
UK - Wednesday, January 10, 2001 at 19:09:33 (PST) 
Just let Alba go home. Why the heck do they want to keep it there, i mean what more can they do. Wash her. Oh no, don't think so. No. Let Alba go home.
Jon
Larvik, Norway - Tuesday, January 09, 2001 at 13:17:11 (PST) 
Please return Alba to her family, where she will receive humane care and affection.
Melanie Keister <melanie.keister@quantum.com>
Milpitas, CA USA - Tuesday, January 09, 2001 at 13:02:16 (PST) 
Fascinating concept - this is really interesting work. Most people I've spoken to do not believe that Alba does not suffer. Bring Alba home!
Ben Klaasen <ben@cp.net>
dublin, ireland - Tuesday, January 09, 2001 at 07:47:02 (PST) 
In regards to Matt Wolejko's post, I wish to point out that other transgenic organisms have been created with the GFP gene. Countless papers and reports have been published on them, a whole industry has been generated around this kind of research, and NONE of these organisms have been seen in public. If Matt thinks that the well-documented work of one artist in this area is a hoax based on the fact that the rabbit is still in the lab, then by consequence he infers that the whole field of scientific research in this area is a hoax too. SO Matt may not have been aware of this fact -- and here's another important aspect of Kac's contribution to social awareness regarding biotechnology and culture. A few examples of other GFP-expressing creatures can be seen here http://www.postech.edu/~hjcha/research.htm (larvae) and here http://kumikae01.gen-info.osaka-u.ac.jp/tg/tg-ad.cfm (mouse). Regarding the fact that Alba is still at the French institute, I think Matt may have misunderstood and/or underestimated the complexity of the situation, which is well documented in the many articles written about Kac's GFP Bunny. It is very clear to me what is the nature of the problem. On the one hand, Kac sought to promote dialogue and make us think about many implications of genetic engineering via the social introduction of a new life form. On the other hand, an administrator at the French institute with no consideration for art's social importance thought that allowing Alba to go to the artist's home might shift the focus away from "straight science" and its current commercial orientation. I don't have a problem -- in principle -- with a body of scientific research generating a technology that generates profit. How could anybody who has ever driven a car or flown in a plane? But I do see a real problem when administrators shield science from society, and as a result preclude other forms of inquiry, such as Kac's, from being heard. Kac is a serious, very respected artist. The "GFP Bunny" artwork is brilliant. Free Alba!
Lars M. F. Hanssen <lars_m_f_hanssen@hotmail.com>
Norway - Monday, January 08, 2001 at 22:17:36 (PST) 
I want a fluorescent bunny :) FREE ALBA
Trond Broks <Tbroks@hotmail.com>
Tromsø, Norway - Monday, January 08, 2001 at 05:42:24 (PST) 
Free Alba! :)
solveig antonia vestmo <solveiga@goplay.com>
Stjørdal, Nord Trøndelag Norway - Monday, January 08, 2001 at 05:28:09 (PST) 
Good luck getting your rabbit back, best wishes Hilde Maisey
Hilde Maisey <hildemaisey@hotmail.com>
Oslo, Norway - Monday, January 08, 2001 at 05:13:45 (PST) 
Free Alba!!!!!
Janice <j_berntsen@hotmail.com>
Norway - Monday, January 08, 2001 at 04:35:44 (PST) 
Bring ALBA home! There`s no reason why ALBA shouldn`t come home. She needs to be with her family and not be hidden away. ALBA belongs to Mr. Kac and his family where she will get attention and affection. FREE ALBA
nico von meyer <nicovonmeyer@hotmail.com>
oslo, norway - Monday, January 08, 2001 at 04:04:25 (PST) 
I think you are really f***** up in yor head to mess with an innocent life like that! Hope you never get that rabitt back! And please don´t to the same to a dog! F*** you!! from an animal and nature lover :) Don´t mess with things that are perfect from the beginning....they are created that way to stay that way!
Maren <marenlar@online.no>
Hamar, Norway - Monday, January 08, 2001 at 03:25:55 (PST) 
I think alba should be free
Brett Payne <iwearasize11puma@aol.com>
reynoldsburg, oh USA - Sunday, January 07, 2001 at 13:05:53 (PST) 
I started my reseach on the GFP Bunny as part of a scince project for school. However, after reading and studying I too have come to love and cherish this unique and beautiful life form and I can only hope peoples encouragment will help free Abla.
Gordon Walker <huu@mediaone.com>
Cambridge, MA USA - Sunday, January 07, 2001 at 11:38:06 (PST) 
Looks an awful lot like a hoax to me. Could we have some evidence this supposed glowing bunny exists aside from an easily Photoshopped green picture? (See my website for an even more astounding transgenic artwork) My guess is that the rabbit never surfaces because there never was a glowing rabbit. I'm not saying it's impossible, but one would think that luminescence being so apparent in something as complex as a rabbit would get some exposure, not be hidden away...
matt wolejko <atomic_worm@hotmail.com>
fitchburg, ma USA - Friday, January 05, 2001 at 00:25:27 (PST) 
I read about Alba in this week's New Scientist, and it seems very unfair that Alba can't come and live with you. Hope you succeed, and I really enjoyed your Genesis work. Regards John
John Curran <john@lawrence-curran.com>
Gloucestershire, England - Thursday, January 04, 2001 at 15:59:00 (PST) 
alba sighting: color image of alba on refrigerator door at artist laura paddock's house in los angeles.
sue joyce <fringe17@aol.com>
glendora, ca USA - Thursday, January 04, 2001 at 11:16:19 (PST) 
Bring that Bunny home!! She needs to be with her family, best of luck
Jessica <luca9@prontomail.com>
Ann Arbor, MI USA - Wednesday, January 03, 2001 at 00:47:24 (PST) 
This will be one case where an 'experimental' animal can have a happy ending! There's no reason why Alba shouldn't come home.
Denise Perrault <dperrault@quincycareercenter.org>
Quincy, MA USA - Tuesday, January 02, 2001 at 08:39:58 (PST) 
PLASE SEND YOUR FREE ALBA KINETIC TO ADDRES :JLN MARS NO 412 KOMP. ANGKASA HALIM PERDANAKUSUMA-JAKTIM-INDONESIA TANK YOU VERY MACHT
Ir.AGUNG SUWITO <AEROCOM75@HOTMAIL.COM>
JAKARTA, INDONESIA - Sunday, December 31, 2000 at 23:47:39 (PST) 
While I'm not sure where I stand on E.Kac's use of living creatures as art, I think that Alba should be with him and his family here in the states. There is no reason why this PET rabbit should be separated from the man who loves her so much. I understand why E.Kac has done what he has to Alba, and perhaps while investigating the properties of art and life and godliness he has played God a bit, but he has not created a monster or a threat to our ecosystem. Alba is simply an albino rabbit who glows under specific light. He has not caused her harm, he has not threatened the rabbit species. They should be together. Alba will not be given the comfortable, loving, nurturing home she deserves and was planned for her if she is not allowed to join E.Kac here in the states. Let the glowing rabbit go to her family. Let them love her and take care of her and treat her as a beloved pet, for that is the real intent of all of this genetic tweaking, to creat a very well known pet. Let Alba go.
Kirsten Williams <kirsten-v-w@animail.net>
Upper Black Eddy, PA USA - Friday, December 29, 2000 at 07:26:33 (PST) 
The bunny needs to go home to its family. My bunny agrees, even though he does not glow. =)
Mark Siegenfeld <GlowingBunny@techfiend.com>
davis, ca USA - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 at 13:33:35 (PST) 
True Scientists deal with the stereotype of the Mad Scientist.Mr. Kac does nothing but reinforce this stereotype, making people fear science and genetic research. Experiments like this have limited what real scientist can do in the US.
Biologist
USA - Wednesday, December 27, 2000 at 10:42:51 (PST) 
Free Alba !!! It belongs to Mr Kac and his family !
guido sechi <guidsech@tin.it>
roma, italia - Tuesday, December 26, 2000 at 14:58:36 (PST) 
Why the heck shouldn't Alba be with Kac? Can anybody come up with one good reason supporting the separation? No, Alba belongs to him, he's responsible for her. She should definitely be given back.
Halcyon <halcyon@n2.com>
Albuquerque, NM USA - Monday, December 25, 2000 at 00:09:20 (PST) 
The crime is not that Kac has made a bunny that glows in the dark (being a former "glow vendor" of glowing necklaces at a theme park, I can only imagine the profit potential such an animal would have). Kac's ideas are more humane than my own aforementioned. The crime here is that a rabbit is being withheld from it's loving owner. Be it glow-in-the-dark or not, many of us know the attachments we feel for our pets. To have ALBA withheld from Mr. Kac is the cruelty.
Ken Vian <Ken_Eeyore@yahoo.com>
Lombard, IL USA - Saturday, December 23, 2000 at 17:30:00 (PST) 
first, i want to compliment kac on the addition of this forum to the website--it's interesting to see the dialogue that surrounds the issues surrounding both genetic manipulation as well as those surrounding what we now conceive as ethical expression, artistic or otherwise. personally, i admire the project and find it amazingly groundbreaking--not for the simple fact of the novelty of making a glowing bunny (which, despite it all, my basic, simplest instincts say 'supercool'), but how the introduction of such a creature into an art forum calls to attention a lot of concepts taken for granted in society. how many people would say having golden retrievers as pets is 'cruel and unusual'? likewise for any type of purebred animal, no matter what the species. most of us wouldn't object to having these in our homes, despite the fact that they could never survive in the wild. i love my cats and treat them well; they have the comfort and freedom they need in and outside my home, but i do watch over them as they would be rather inept predators in the city. and i think any animal owner who loves his or her animals would agree--alba will be right at home in the loving care of the kac family.
Celeste Pietrusza <c-pietrusza@northwestern.edu>
Chicago, IL USA - Saturday, December 23, 2000 at 01:54:02 (PST) 
How can I get this kind of rabbit at home ?
valery grancher <vgrancher@nomemory.org>
paris, France - Wednesday, December 20, 2000 at 03:45:12 (PST) 
i hope , it's my
fatih karacirak <fkaracirak@hotmail.com>
corum, TURKEY - Monday, December 18, 2000 at 12:35:42 (PST) 
I find this work to be fascinating and look forward to the progression of the project.
Wendy Bauer <kohoutek@visto.com>
Henderson, NV USA - Saturday, December 16, 2000 at 13:06:33 (PST) 
where is Alba??? She should be with the Kac family. |=<
Jeanie <strvngartist@aol.com>
WA usa - Friday, December 15, 2000 at 20:05:06 (PST) 
Breeding experiments can be done in the United States, too. Artificial insemination could even be used. I hope Alba gets liberated from the laboratory.
Bill Cunningham <cahaba@bellsouth.net>
Cahaba Heights, AL USA - Friday, December 15, 2000 at 18:54:54 (PST) 
Fantastic. The whole idea stricks me that way. I see nothing wrong with what you're doing. Doing what you're is no different then what's already been done to rabbits. I doubt God would mind your useing the brains he gave you in this manner. And you SHOULD be allowed to bring him home. Yous certainly sounds like a loving family. I once knew of a man in California that owned many many fancy rabbits that all lived in very clean cages in his barn. The hides were bieutiful. They were bred just for those hides. They were raised to be butchered. They breed different qualities into cattle all the time. What's new? First chance you get.....you take your rabbit home and tell the do-gooders to stick it in thier ear. God doesn't mind what you've done.
Don Roark <DFR@WEBTV.NET>
Omaha, NE USA - Friday, December 15, 2000 at 18:47:12 (PST) 
Bring her home
John McCallum <mccallum100@hotmail.com>
Boston, Ma USA - Friday, December 15, 2000 at 18:07:13 (PST) 
First off, I would like to say that I congratulate you on finding such a way to bring out conversation about the impressions of normalcy in life as we know it. There is so much out there beyond the comprehension of the human mind, to have someone so creatively and sucessfully bring out human conversation and congitive processes in a world that has dulled our senses and our mind is a breath of fresh air. Second, it is also nice to know that someone has the forward thought to find a solution to deal with the ramifications for what they have done. Your expectation to give Alba a loving and caring home upon her return to Chicago is as much a breathe of fresh air as anything. Most individuals would do something for the glory and when the fanfare wears off, then the project they took on is null and void to them and left to decay either physically, mentally, or otherwise. Third, in reading the history under the Guestbook, one message stands out to me. The one stating that Alba's breeding could break into the natural world and cause destruction to the rabbit population because a GFP-Bunny can not hide from predators. Ludicrous! Kac writes that it take a special light to make her glow, and she does not just glow all the time. Everytime an artist or scientist has made great break throughs in the world (be it art, science or both) there are few people who can see and understand the presence of mind involved in what they do and see them for the "genius" they are. More often they are over-run by critics calling them screw-ups and sadists or whatever the critic feels fits. Someday everyone will look back at what Kac has brought into the public eye and what will come out of it in return and see the good he has done. It is the short-sighted people who have the biggest problems with change. I am an artist myself, and can see the ramifications that this could have on the art world as well as the scientific world. Come on people, it is not like someone has combined a rabbit and a cheetah. For centuries we have selectively breed and coaxed genes to be what we want. Faster horses, bigger dogs, oil-feeding bacteria, and countless other opportunities. Each one of those was seen as a positive outcome because the goal was short-sighted. Look at the long term of this project. People are talking about issues that normaly would be taboo, Science had another opportunity to examine and learn just how DNA works. This could lead to future genetic alteration to prevent pre-disposition to cancer or other illness. It can help us understand how the DNA explains who and what we are. Finally, I support Alba's return to Chicago to be with her family and under the caring and watchful eye of Kac.
Lucy Roberts <lucyrobertsartandgifts@yahoo.com>
Dallas, TX USA - Friday, December 15, 2000 at 13:44:49 (PST) 
That is one funky fresh bunny. I could just picture a whole bunch of them at a rave with all the blacklights and a bunch of ecstacied up teens trippin' on the trails they leave. That my friends... is art.
George <georgetest@yupimail.com>
miami, fl usa - Friday, December 15, 2000 at 11:52:40 (PST) 
they should give Kac back his bunny! if they want to expierement then make a new one. poor bunny. really give her back to her family you french assholes its where she belongs.
Marty C. <smoothdude911@hotmail.com>
USA - Thursday, December 14, 2000 at 20:00:25 (PST) 
Cute bunny.
Richard Tibbetts <tibbetts@mit.edu>
Cambridge, MA USA - Monday, December 11, 2000 at 20:39:44 (PST) 
Alba is Mr. Kac's rightful property.
Christopher M. Maple <chris_maple@alesis-semi.com>
USA - Monday, December 11, 2000 at 19:12:05 (PST) 
Set Alba Free!
Beau Hitt <lycaon@xaoscreations.com>
kirkland, wa USA - Saturday, December 09, 2000 at 14:10:56 (PST) 
We love you Alba. This project is one of the most significant art/science to address those issues which hugely impact on all of us today.
ann wulff <A.wulff@mailbox.gu.edu.au>
Brisbane, qld AUSTRALIA - Thursday, December 07, 2000 at 01:03:29 (PST) 
I can not possibly understand how a lack of respect for animals can be viewed as "art". This is nothing more than another tasteless human way to show it's superiority over other creatures. You can not tell me that you love and respect your fellow creatures when you change the way nature intended them to be. Animals are not your play things. They are to be honored and respected. "Creating" this thing does not show any respect at all. You are not a god, nor are humans meant to be. It is this sick behavior that makes me ashamed to be human. Thanks for showing me (and reminding me) how ugly and repulsive humans can really be.
Ximena Q. <anemix@ihateclowns.com>
davis, CA USA - Tuesday, December 05, 2000 at 15:33:10 (PST) 
Eduardo Kac's defense to animal rights activists thus far has been that Alba is not "a work of art", but, rather, "a social event" and therefore she was not created only as a spectacle. However, if you read through his plans for the upcoming transgenic dog, Eduardo refers to this many times as "transgenic art". Animals have a right to live the lives meant for them by nature. To imbue a creature with an unneccessary phenotypic trait, such as glowing, is simply a new form of cruelty. It expands the idea the humans are more important than animals, and that our desires, such as to see a bunny glow, are more important. It is sick. On top of this fact, this GFP gene could in fact get into a native population of rabbits and create an unnatural mutation in the wild. This may sound like nonsense, but it has already happened in the case of salmon genetically enginnered to grow extra large and fat. Somehow salmon containing this gene were able to breed with native populations in the waters surrounding Scotland, with the result of many fat and lazy salmon literally dying off in that region. There is now an ecological crisis concerning salmon. If rabbits in the wild began to glow, how would they hide from natural predators? There is a reason mammls do not glow, and everyone should respect this. Eduardo's statements that both the GFP bunny and future GFP dog should be free to mate is ludicrous and ecologically dangerous. As a student at the Art Institute of Chicago, I am ashamed that Eduardo teaches at our school. His selfish "works of art" are irrespinsible to the individual animals as well as to the well being of the biosphere. I hope Alba bites him.
Lauren Kessinger <attndeficit@hotmail.com>
Chicago, OH USA - Monday, December 04, 2000 at 15:17:44 (PST) 
I'm so happy to see genetic enginering finally being recognised as the beautiful artwork it is. I give my welcome to Alba the GFP bunny, and await GFP dog, and GFP cat... Hopefully such breeding programs will be established with kennel, cat, and rabbit clubs so that every one can enjoy them. Thank you!
Tania Grunewald <anshin@hotmail.com>
Mississauga, ON Canada - Monday, December 04, 2000 at 11:11:00 (PST) 
As an admirer of the groundbreaking and pioneering work that Eduardo Kac has been developing for over fifteen years, particularly with telepresence and biotelematics, and more recently with his transgenic art, I read with great interest the postings in the Alba guestbook. I think it is wonderful to have such a forum, and I think it is great that the postings reflect a wide array of opinions. A recent posting by Pam Barrie seems to suggest that Kac did not conceive of Alba. Pam snides at the fact the Chicago Tribune reporter did not reach the scientists in time for his story, but fails to notice that the Boston Globe reporter did reach the scientists. The Boston Globe article says: "The scientist who created her for Kac, Louis-Marie Houdebine, said he doesn't know when, or if, Alba will be allowed to join Kac, but said that she is healthy, and even noted that she has a "particularly mellow and sweet dispostion." (Boston Globe, 9/17/2000). Here we hear it directly from the scientist. This is clear and conclusive evidence of Kac's creative gesture. Earlier articles published in France also clearly confirm Kac's creative role (for example: Midi Libre, 20 June 2000, p. 8., Vaucluse Matin, Provence, 20 June 2000, p. 3; La Provence, 20 June 2000, p. 4.). Anyone familiar with Kac's work knows that he originally proposed in 1998 the creation of a transgenic dog, as part of his "GFP K-9" project, a project that in my view is directly related to "GFP Bunny". On many occasions Kac stated that since it was not technically possible to create a transgenic dog in 1998, he realized that the creation of another mammal (in this case, a rabbit) would bring similar issues to the foreground (for example: Boston Globe on 9/17/2000). Pam seems to imply that the fact that scientists at INRA and elsewhere had created transgenic rabbits before somehow alters Kac's work. I disagree. The question is not technological primacy, but cultural enframing. Besides, if we look closely at note #17 in Kac's "GFP Bunny" essay (http://www.ekac.org/gfpbunny.html), we see that he states that the first transgenic rabbits were created in 1985. So, the question is not when was the first transgenic rabbit created, or how many transgenic rabbits INRA had created before Alba, but what is the cultural impact of Kac's work. In my view, Kac's work is art of the utmost importance, precisley because of the complexity and the depth of the philosophical and social issues he raises.
Walter Silverstone <waltersilverstone@hotmail.com>
San Francisco, CA USA - Sunday, December 03, 2000 at 10:43:52 (PST) 
gfp bunny was not in avignon last summer why?
mo mouton <mo.mouton@libertysurf.fr>
vaison la romaine, france - Sunday, December 03, 2000 at 06:25:49 (PST) 
Alba is a grand experiment in just how far Man can twist Mother Nature's arm. As a molecular biologist, I have trouble understanding the fuss made over Alba. She is unique and has rocked the pillars of Heaven with the sheer staggering power of our technology, but so have many other scientific creations that have arisen in the past few years, clones and stem cells to name two. Let her come home, let her breed. I'd like a GFP-Bunny myself. :) -Bastion
Bastion Ridley <bastion_r@hotmail.com>
Denver, CO USA - Friday, December 01, 2000 at 23:32:39 (PST) 
You are not an artist, you are sadist. stop the cruelty. why don't you transform yourself?
emit mahoney <emit@speakeasy.org>
sf, ca USA - Friday, December 01, 2000 at 21:49:05 (PST) 
I doubt "Alba" will be coming to Chicago any time soon, because she does not appear to me to be the property, physical or intellectual, of Eduardo Kac. Rather, she would seem to be the object of an act of artistic appropriation--hardly a groundbreaking gesture, but carried off with considerable ironic finesse. I began to have my suspicions about "GFP Bunny" after reading the Reuters report of 6/10/2000 ("French Scientists Hopping Mad Over GM Rabbit") and Mr. Kac's appended note (see "Transgenic Art Bibliography" on Kacweb). According to a spokeswoman from the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Mr. Kac learned about their work on a transgenic GFP rabbit "during a conversation with one of the scientists who helped develop her." While Mr. Kac claims in his note that he had already "conceived of GPF Bunny" before this conversation, he does not comment on the INRA's apparent disavowal of his artistic guidance in their work. According to yet another source (Biology News, 12/10/2000), INRA scientists had been implementing plans for the rabbit long before any contact with Mr. Kac, "as part of their research on tagging embryos with fluorescent markers." A careful perusal of Mr. Kac's own statements will show that he never claims to have "worked together" with the scientists (as Shona Reed puts it in the online "Interview with Eduardo Kac, Genolog website), nor does he himself say he "planned the project with scientists" (Chicago Tribune 19/9/200. The scientists themselves "could not be reached for comment"). Mr. Kac has only said that GFP Bunny "comprises the creation" of Alba (among other things), and that "this was accomplished with the assistance" of the INRA scientists he names in a note (see "GFP Bunny," Kacweb). Whether that "assistance" was intentional or not is a matter for interpretation, and Mr. Kac has let us all interpret as we wish. Yet it seems to me unlikely that the INRA scientists in question would have "assisted" Mr. Kac in the ordinary sense of the term. Louis-Marie Houdebine has written on such topics as the use of transgenic rabbits to study HIV and familial cardiomyopathy; Patrick Prunet heads a team studying the adaptation of fish to coastal environments. I learned this much about them from the INRA's own website. But despite copious (Borgesian?) references to scientific literature and to every western philosopher from Aristotle to Buber, Mr. Kac has given us no concrete, particular details on his conversations and collaboration with these individuals. What meetings took place with Houdebine and Prunet, and under what auspices? Is a narrative or report by the scientists themselves available? What was the funding source? How were these researchers induced to "assist" in an artistic endeavor--and one with a questionable impact on public relations? I cannot find answers to these questions on Mr. Kac's impressive website. If, on the contrary, "Alba" was planned and created by the INRA scientists for research purposes, and merely appropriated by Mr. Kac as a case of science realizing his own artist imaginings, I think he should correct those who have misunderstood him and misrepresented his achievement. As he himself has put it in the Genolog interview, "the materialization of an imaginary being produces an unprecedented ambiguity."--PRB
Pam Barrie
USA - Friday, December 01, 2000 at 14:51:02 (PST) 
May Alba's creation shed light and thought on the growing debate about genetic engineering, and may she live a long and happy life with her family in Chicago.
L. Yimm
San Francisco, CA USA - Thursday, November 30, 2000 at 20:16:40 (PST) 
Where better for Alba to be than with her creator? Send her soon, please.
Lauren Riggin <lriggin@okemah.k12.ok.us>
Okemah, OK USA - Wednesday, November 29, 2000 at 09:57:03 (PST) 
This is not a scientific controversy, or at least it shouldn't be. This is a rabbit, a household pet, who should be loved and taken care of in a home. Yes, she glows under black light, but this can be utilized for showing people how different and the same everything on earth is.
Andrea
USA - Tuesday, November 28, 2000 at 16:47:31 (PST) 
After reading the background material on Alba and the artist's thoughts. I am absolutely convinced that their is no one person better suited to take care of the animal than Mr. Kac. Tony Barton
Tony Barton <aabarton@aol.com>
Palm Springs, CA USA - Tuesday, November 28, 2000 at 15:41:52 (PST) 
Alba should go home and live a real rabbit's life! Alba belongs in her true home- America
touslemonde
jenesaispas, euh... USA (ok) - Tuesday, November 28, 2000 at 14:42:02 (PST) 
You created Alba; Alba should come home!
Birdgirl
Boston, MA USA - Tuesday, November 28, 2000 at 14:39:42 (PST) 
i want to express my support for Alba to come home. This rabbit is the most funny and nice and futur from rabbit and i want that he become free and have one happy and nice long life (with babys?...
esperet <anne-esperet@voila.fr>
nancy, france - Tuesday, November 28, 2000 at 07:19:10 (PST) 
I have apreciated your work so much, that I'm using some of your material in the Molecular Biology course that I teach at the Science Faculty at the Mexico's National Autonomous University were I am full Professor
Dr. Victor Valdes-Lopez <vvaldes@servidor.unam.mx>
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - Monday, November 27, 2000 at 18:59:52 (PST) 
I applaud the imagination of Mr. Kac and his creations. :) I am also an artist, scientist, and a supporter of transgenesis, for it is the future, OUR future! Xenomorphism is a true artform, and an artform that represents the times we NOW LIVE IN. No longer are we restricted to using paint and brush to express ourselves, we can do more! Much of my art has been expressed in "living robots" and alien landscapes which are beautiful to behold. A decade ago I experimented with rat GSH in an attempt to produce a dog-sized rat. I was only able to create a small cat sized rat with gross bone deformaties. As ugly as he was, he had a beauty that one lady in the eastern USA fell in love with, and he found a home with her, in his own special cage, and fed plenty of oreo cookies and doritos (his favorite foods). :) I hadn't thought much about xenomorphic or transgenic art in a long time, and thanks to Mr. Kac, my interest is once again peaked. He is definately someone I need to talk to and to meet. :) Luckily he's only 20 minutes away by air. Please allow Alba to come home and to be loved. Cheers! sq
Steve J. Quest <squest@att.net>
Des Moines, IA USA - Saturday, November 25, 2000 at 23:16:15 (PST) 
Back again to check out the site.
Buddy walker <bwalker55@aol.com>
Houston, TX USA - Saturday, November 25, 2000 at 17:49:40 (PST) 
I think that's right to allow that Alba come back to her family : let Alba go home !
alessandra ciauri <guidsech@tin.it>
roma, italia - Saturday, November 25, 2000 at 12:12:59 (PST) 
Please release poor Alba to her true family. It is a crime to leave this family bunny in a cold lab cell. The discourse will not be stopped as a result of leaving Alba behind bars. She is a scape-rabbit. Glow on Alba, glow on home!
Gordon Knox <gordon@civitella.org>
NYC, NY USA - Wednesday, November 22, 2000 at 18:57:20 (PST) 
Free Alba!!!
Chris <maddog1001_212@yahoo.com>
Mendham, NJ USA - Tuesday, November 21, 2000 at 17:16:41 (PST) 
Bring Alba home
shannon spanhake <shannon@pg22.net>
chicago, il USA - Tuesday, November 21, 2000 at 14:55:04 (PST) 

Alba needs to come home with the person who knows her the best and probably appreciates her the most. If there are any ethical problems regarding TG art denying this cute bunny a comfy home is certainly it!
kari
chicago, IL USA - Friday, November 03, 2000 at 17:16:56 (PST) 
I haven't quite figured out what I think about transgenic art projects, but in the end, I think I'm ok with it. More importantly now is this poor bunny. Poor Alba!

She needs a home. Even if they are nice to her in her lab, someone loves her and wants her to be with his family. Unless there was some agreement that she was to be a lab animal at her birth, an idea which disturbs me anyway, I think that she should get to go home with Mr. Kac the same way she would have if she were the offspring of a neighbor's pet bunny that he had laid claimed to in the litter. In any case, she looks like a cute animal, and the story of her nuzzling Mr. Kac is very sweet. I agree, Alba + Kac Household + carrots + pleasant home in Chicago = happy rabbit, and why anyone would want to make the rabbit unhappy (she's surely already had enough stress in her life by now) is beyond my understanding as both an animal lover and a rational human who still hasn't figured out where he stands on her inception/conception as art project.

Scratch her behind the ears for me when you get the chance.
Patrick Cooper <pacooper@email.unc.edu>
Chapel Hill, NC USA - Thursday, November 02, 2000 at 16:18:45 (PST) 


Wow...I just caught on to this today!... This is more than I can imagine what is next... I belive this Art created was totally mesmerized me. I appreciate art. This was fantastic. Though I have a moral side to the coin what next in life...we do have green ketcup today. Can we imagine the possiblities for art and science. I cannot judge this only appreciate and hope we can only learn from this. It is a personal journey to each and every one of us. Good bad or indifferent. Hope for the best.
Xzorbo
USA - Thursday, November 02, 2000 at 10:27:27 (PST) 
I mistakenly referred to ALBA as a male rabbit earlier sorry 'bout that. That's not as important as a comment from a Davor McRay that was disgusted with the other comments that "You people could start a war" I don't like to stereotype folks but that seems to be a comment from one of the stupid ones. Guess we should all be riding around on square wheels.
Buddy walker <bwalker55@aol.com>
Houston, TX USA - Monday, October 30, 2000 at 17:53:33 (PST) 
I believe ALBA should be returned to the man who cares for him. As far as the concern that he might father babies so what, if the genetic engineering didn't hurt him it won't hurt the offspring.
Buddy Walker <bwalker55@aol.com>
Houston, TX USA - Monday, October 30, 2000 at 16:34:09 (PST) 
let Alba come home to her family!!!
Edward Shanken <giftwrap@duke.edu>
Durham, NC USA - Sunday, October 29, 2000 at 12:45:17 (PST) 
Prezado Eduardo Kac, Seu trabalho navega por mares perigosos...no fundo acredito que você é uma espécie de coringa, sofre com suas decisões mas crê que deve tomá-las. GFP Bunny é um projeto ao mesmo tempo grotesco e maravilhoso! Nos faz questionar vários aspectos da evolução da genética que fingimos não perceber. Esbarra na ética, fere a moral...ao mesmo tempo é premonitório como tantas obras da FC, como previu anos atrás H.G.Wells em seu romance "A Ilha do Doutor Moureau". Sinto que não há como brecar o avanço da engenharia genética e que as hibridizações (uma realidade já trivial nos alimentos transgênicos)serão também uma realidade banal dentro de poucas décadas e assim como o seu coelho-agua-viva, teremos novas quimeras humanas, talvez tornando reais os mitos gregos: Homens/Cavalos(Centauros), Mulheres/peixe (Sereias), etc... Enquanto humanista que ama a vida e sente a doçura dos pequenos seres, desejo que ALBA retorne ao seu lar e possa ter o amor de uma família...dentre tantas descobertas e avanços tecnológicos ainda não descobri nada tão fabuloso quanto a ternura. Edgar Franco. Mestrando em Multimeios da Unicamp.
Edgar Franco <edgarf@iar.unicamp.br>
Campinas, SP Brasil - Thursday, October 26, 2000 at 07:31:38 (PDT) 
Alba should return home to Mr. Kac, her rightful guardian, not be kept in a lab for pointless studies.
C. Nagengast <inqroq@yahoo.com>
Los Angeles, CA USA - Wednesday, October 25, 2000 at 22:06:33 (PDT) 
It should come back home...
Selim Koyen
Cambridge, MA USA - Wednesday, October 25, 2000 at 21:24:07 (PDT) 
Mr.Kac had no right. No animal deserves this. It doesn't matter where Alba goes, she'll never be happy the way she is. Mr.Kac is crazy! The life of a living creature isn't worth art. I don't see any art in what this worm of Mr.Kac did. It's OK to do medical research on animals, but a jelly-rabbit! Definitly, E.Kac is crazy. I rest my case.
Melanie
Montreal, Quebec CANADA - Wednesday, October 25, 2000 at 16:12:15 (PDT) 
"What, this bunny? No, it's just a white bunny, I'm bringing her home with me, as a souveneir from France... Uh-huh, as a pet... Okay, thanks... " Well what do you know? She glows in the dark! How did that happen!
Shawn Longino <shawn@sprungsuspensions.com>
Chicago, Illinois USA - Wednesday, October 25, 2000 at 12:46:17 (PDT) 
Attention! TO THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE DECISIONS!! PLEASE DO NOT DELAY Alba's return to a stable home, with an family of real people that will provide her with crispy carrots and a plethora of other lovely items to happily chew on, and space to romp around, where she will not be exploited or neglected.......
Elis Sheridan <itssnowingnow@hotmail.com>
Chicago, IL USA - Wednesday, October 25, 2000 at 00:40:52 (PDT) 
I am in TOTAL SUPPORT of Alba being genetically altered. I think she has subsequently received loving care and has raised the awareness of the community as to the possibilities of pursuing unfamiliar and beneficial projects, such as Eduardo's. I say give him more all the time and resources he wants to infiltrate the mindset of students and thinkers: the torchbearers of the future. in the mean time Alba should be able to go home, to live in a supportive and caring environment..........
Monica Dellert <virgo710@excite.com>
Chicago, IL USA - Wednesday, October 25, 2000 at 00:33:00 (PDT) 
the artist should keep it it is his. or he should get money for it and the scientists should pay him or the scientists study it then the artist gets it
marc <lazyboy166@hotmail.com>
palos verdes, ca USA - Tuesday, October 24, 2000 at 20:49:27 (PDT) 
We have bunnies - they need a loving home. Let Alba go home to the US to a nice family!!
James Dorband <jdorband@hotmail.com>
Los Angeles, CA USA - Tuesday, October 24, 2000 at 12:51:46 (PDT) 
I think it would benefit science and art if people actually had the chance to see the bunny. IT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT BACK HOME ASAP!!!!!!!!! I want to see the glowing Bunny!
Paul Roustan <rtist54@hotmail.com>
Chicago, IL USA - Tuesday, October 24, 2000 at 11:29:23 (PDT) 
As long as nothing's harmed, physically or emotionally, I'm all for the further diversification of nature. The only issue here is weather humans have matured enough to recognize a potentially threatening thing (like human cloning) from the harmless, silly ones (like glowing rabbits). Its very cyberpunk. And sweet. So bring that bunny home. Jeff. ; - )
Jeff Hearn <nebula128@aol.com>
Baltimore, MD USA - Tuesday, October 24, 2000 at 10:49:34 (PDT) 
I think that you should get the rabbit even though they think that is was not right for a man to do this to rabbit. I think that it doesn't matter what is wrong with the rabbit. He should get it, he want it to have a loving family and he stated that alba has mixed emotions.
erik <spydex1@aol.com>
los angeles, ca USA - Monday, October 23, 2000 at 23:13:31 (PDT) 
While I am vehemently opposed to the use of rabbits as laboratory animals used in experiments, the fact that Mr. Kac seems to have done no harm to the rabbit and that he is more than willing to take Alba into his home, to love her and give her a normal life, I believe that she should be allowed to live with the artist. She is not a lab animal and deserves a life, as do all bunnies, in a safe loving home where she is loved and cared for as a family member.
Carol Anderson
USA - Monday, October 23, 2000 at 22:30:41 (PDT) 
Nothing to add, but I expect the rabbit will have a much nicer time with you and your family than in a lab. Lovely looking creature. Good luck. Helen Hopcroft
Helen Hopcroft <helenhopcroft@yahoo.com>
Sydney, Australia - Monday, October 23, 2000 at 20:55:03 (PDT) 
I don't remember ever being less proud of being human than today! I must admit I could not force myself to reading all of them, but all this moronic, patriotic, sadistic comments are just too much to grasp. In the name of art, I think wars can be started with you people.
Davor McRay <mcdavor@hotmail.com>
Los Angeles, CA USA - Monday, October 23, 2000 at 20:43:06 (PDT) 
WHEN she does come home, I highly recommend having her spayed because female rabbits have a high chance of ovarian cancer, which spaying prevent. You can then very easily train her to use a litter box, just like a cat, and she can live in your home without a cage. You must take care though, to keep wires and cords out of her reach due to chewing. I have a 4 year old rabbit who has been cage free since she was 6 mo. old. She also travels with us world-wide. They make wonderful pets. You can see her at: http://hometown.aol.com/janamarie/myhomepage/pet.html I really wish you lots of luck in bringing her home. Not too convinced on making her green, though, even for art....and my husband is an artist so I can understand you somewhat. Jana
Jana <janamarie@aol.com>
Los Angeles, ca USA - Monday, October 23, 2000 at 19:51:06 (PDT) 
I think that Alba is pretty cool and that they should let the bunny go home!
Lucas
usa - Monday, October 23, 2000 at 16:26:13 (PDT) 
I hope you are able to get Alba back. I wish you good luck.
Kim Slawson <kim@slawson.org>
Rochester, NY USA - Monday, October 23, 2000 at 13:31:59 (PDT) 
My friend has a company called GreenRabbitDesign Studios and then this article from the Washington Post was emailed to me telling me there really is a GREEN RABBIT that exists and now that I know that, this little creature, ALBA, needs to stay alive and be adopted by someone who cares about keeping it alive, loved and cherished for its' very special quality feature of being Green. Living caged and in a laboratory is definitely an animal rights issue and being a member of PETA I am definitely supporting ALba's freedom.....perhaps PETA could help you with this situation (only a suggestion). Alba deserves it's freedom.....blessings, Debra Eve In Phoenix, AZ
Debra Eve Piatetsky <Debraeve@aol.com>
Phoenix, AZ USA - Monday, October 23, 2000 at 13:19:05 (PDT) 
great idea! of course alba should come home. she is your idea. your creation. but watch out the PETA people find out where she is and free her to glow in the dark - in the outside real world. just curious though - is there anything that could be put into food or the bloodstream or even tatooed to get the same effect? lots of potential here for the club circuit.
jim white <jwxlive@hotmail.com>
los angeles, ca USA - Monday, October 23, 2000 at 13:02:20 (PDT) 
Let Alba go home!
Peter Steinberg <steinberg@spectronic.com>
Rochester, ny USA - Monday, October 23, 2000 at 10:06:41 (PDT) 
I am fascinated and impressed by Eduardo Kac's GFP Bunny project. I had not heard of Kac until I recently read about the creation and discussion around Alba. Kac is one of the only artists that I have come across who creates contexts from which new artforms emerge. After reading his knowledgeable texts on his site, I see that he has continuously created artwork that pushes the boundaries of contemporary art, in a radical, yet thoughtful way. I hope to see more about Kac's artwork in the future. Most importantly, I encourage whoever is deciding the fate of Alba to see that Kac is fostering respect and public understanding for transgenic animals. This is a historical moment in contemporary culture. Alba should be at home and part of the Kac family.
Delilah Kauffman <delilahkauffman@hotmail.com>
NYC, NY USA - Friday, October 20, 2000 at 23:40:55 (PDT) 
After reading the heartful "It's Not Easy Being Green" in the Washington Post, my heart goes out to you Kac. "Alba" needs the love and bond that ONLY bunny lovers know. "Alba" knows you love her and that you'll take care of her and make her feel wanted and needed. Rabbits are very sensitive and very loving. I have had rabbits all my life and I'm 48 years old. I have an angora fawn colored bunny named "Rita". "Rita is my life and my best friend that I can cuddle and stroke when I'm feeling down. There is no justification for "Alma" to have to contiinue to be used for scientific purposes. Please give "Alma" a loving home. Warmly, Catherine Walsh "t t f n" (ta ta for now).
Catherine Walsh <pwdiesel@cox.rr.com>
HERNDON, VA USA - Friday, October 20, 2000 at 17:41:09 (PDT) 
Alba's quality of life will be better in the Kac home than anywhere on earth. There is no good reason to keep her in a lab environment when she could be living with a family!
Regina Harders <reginaharders@hotmail.com>
Oak Park, IL USA - Friday, October 20, 2000 at 08:55:24 (PDT) 
I might not agree with this form of art, but I do know that a rabbit needs a proper home. I, myself, am the owner of an adorable Dwarf rabbit. His name is Carrot Cake, and I'm sure that if he could understand what I've been telling him about Alba, then he would agree. Alba should come home!
Shannon <Sdk923@aol.com>
Sterling, VA USA - Thursday, October 19, 2000 at 15:19:43 (PDT) 
Let Alba come home! Don't be cruel to animals!
David Branson <dabranson@aol.com>
Arlington, VA USA - Thursday, October 19, 2000 at 09:01:51 (PDT) 
Alba is wonderful rabbit. It's very interesting. You good work
kerem yilmaz <kerem982@hotmail.com>
ANKARA, A.AYRANCI TURKEY - Thursday, October 19, 2000 at 04:27:32 (PDT) 
Show the damn bunny some love
Shannon Wampler <baiorin2@yahoo.com>
Charlottesville, VA USA - Wednesday, October 18, 2000 at 21:28:40 (PDT) 
Rabbit is God's creature. Man should not tamper with rabbit as God created.
Francisco Olmos
Espana - Wednesday, October 18, 2000 at 20:19:22 (PDT) 
Dude, the other day, I was thinking, you know, what we really need more of in the world are rabbits. Not just any rabbits. Green rabbits. That glow. Quantum transports would be cool, too, where you could step in and push a button and *blamo!* you're chillin' in Tahiti, but that's besides the point, and it comes in a distant second to green rabbits anyway. Right. So you can imagine my surprise when I'm checking out the paper today (and this is like, the Washington Post, not the Enquirer or something) and there's this picture a real live green rabbit! I was like, "whoa!!!". I was so totally blown away that, after looking at the picture for a while, I read the article! It was a real tear jerker. Poor Alba. Locked up in France, of all places. I know if I were a green rabbit, France is the last place I'd want to be. And they're keeping her there for "experimentation with mating". As if mating is what rabbits like to do, and not playing and frolicking with grown men. It's a real bummer, if you ask me. Something as special as Alba deserves to be shared with the whole world. I mean, in the article, it was, like, saying that on a genetic level, us people aren't all that different from mustard, let alone rabbits. So maybe Alba could be a force for global unity, or something. Maybe if those people in the middle east could see this green rabbit, they would realize that they weren't all that different after all, and put down their rocks and guns and join in song, or something like that. Maybe, like, people could start a free Alba campaign, or something, like they did with that whale. They could make a movie too. Then more people would understand how lucky they are to live in a time when miracles like this are possible. And pretty soon, there'll be people and mustard and rabbits all living together, in, like, harmony, and stuff. Also, if there were lots of green rabbits, when they died you could make a really cool coat. Dude, if you went to a rave wearing that . . . wow, that would be beast! Anyway, I guess what I'm getting at is, anyone who's responsible for gracing this good earth with green rabbits, in my book, ought to be considered a hero. So Mr. Kac, I offer you my heartfelt thanks, and I want you to know that my prayers are with Alba.
Benjamin Krohmal <bk8k@virginia.edu>
Alexandria, VA USA - Wednesday, October 18, 2000 at 16:26:41 (PDT) 
Alba should be back home: The USA!!!!!!
K. Thuy Adkins <thuyadkins@hotmail.com>
Charlottesville, VA USA - Wednesday, October 18, 2000 at 15:52:50 (PDT) 
Please send Alba home with the Kac family. Give this little life its chance to be loved.
Joanna Cumming
USA - Wednesday, October 18, 2000 at 15:31:59 (PDT) 
I love Alba.....
sofia santos <ssantosaga.org>
Falls Church, VA USA - Wednesday, October 18, 2000 at 13:17:45 (PDT) 
Abla should be FREE but it does not mean that E.Kac is the owner of that rabbit. This rabbit is scientific creater!!! I think Mr.Kac just trying to show himself besides this rabbit.....
Anonymous
USA - Wednesday, October 18, 2000 at 05:12:51 (PDT) 
Eduardo Kac's GFB-Bunny project brings up critical contemporary issues on the social and cultural impact of new biotechnologies in our lives. Alba has a space in our social life and she needs to go home!
Mel Patero
USA - Tuesday, October 17, 2000 at 10:24:45 (PDT) 
The idea of genetically altering a bunny for art has mind boggling implications. Art should help us question how genetic research affects humanity. I am not sure I would like a jellybunny of my own even though the implications are not clear cut.
Angela Kelly <amkpph@rit.edu>
Rochester, NY USA - Tuesday, October 17, 2000 at 10:21:51 (PDT) 
Free Albart !
L'epongistes <robic@umb.u-strasbg.fr>
Strasbourg, F - Monday, October 16, 2000 at 09:11:01 (PDT) 
Alba should live in a place where she will get attention and affection.
Ed Bennett
USA - Sunday, October 15, 2000 at 19:18:51 (PDT)