Having only recently re-watched the superb Jurassic Park Spielberg film based on Michael Crichton’s book (of the same name), I was both intrigued and alarmed by the headline: Aussie plan to genetically engineer new super species of wild animals from Yahoo! news.

Connoisseurs of science fiction are wary of DNA experimentation and the scornful warnings about ‘playing God’ with nature, and yet a new collaboration could see unwanted foreign predators killed off and endangered critters given a genetic ‘boost’.

The introduction of the report reads:

The ability to modify or build resilience into ecosystems is increasingly desirable to confront a range of challenges...