The idea of cybernetically enhancing animals is to me morally challenging, since animals cannot give their consent. Not only that but animal experimentation can be dangerous, as witnessed in We3. Nonetheless animal experimentation using enhancements has begun. One element of adapting animals to human uses is gene modification. CNN has a picture of a cat that has been given a fluorescent gene that allows it to glow in the dark, which may be in the human’s best interest, but is certainly not in the cat’s, given that cats have incredible night vision and that a cat that glows in the dark is much easier prey. Another company has started marketing Roboroachs. They sell a “backpack” containing hard and software weighing about 4 grams which after surgery will allow for brief control of the cockroach’s movements. The buyer must perform a surgery to attach the backpack to the proper neural circuits. This to me is pretty alarming, because if that kind of experimentation is already being done, what’s to stop it from being performed on other animals, like bunnies or cats? I think such a product is putting us on a slippery slope. This slippery slope is exacerbated by the lack of regulation concerning using animals for military use. Although I could find animal cruelty and animal welfare laws I could find nothing prohibiting animals from being used in war. In fact the US has a history of using animals in war. Overall, animal cybernetics is becoming more of a reality, and I think we all need to be wary.