I read a sci-fi, future shock short story.
The Johnsen's Turtle World Special Event. The special turtle on the special beach, on the special night. Johnsen's turtle. Very rare breed, almost extinct. The entire research field is here to collect the very few specimens and the media is here to record the 'Tainment, of the Johnsen's Turtle babies returning to the sea. The world is watching...
We now join the team, live, at water's edge.....Fred what can you tell us?....
???? Zoom in!~ Zoom in!~ Closer. Looks like spots, no, is it letters?.....something.....Genetex.....<groan> Look around Bob. (Fred, what is happening there?)
Ahm....It looks like, every single turtle was born with lett......hold on a minute, folks...this is incre...what? What?
My friends, these gentlemen and what looks like...yes, here comes a security detail...they are telling me now that Genetex has been granted patent in the, controversial World Court, Secret Genome Hearings....yes, yes...
Ah, just confirmed this Patent grants ownership of the Johnsen's Turtle to Genetex. Due to an odd construct in Trademark Law, as every member of the species, will soon contain the Genetex marque,....and now...huh? .pan around BOB~!!! well, this is unusual. All the adults are now dying.... Yes? Right, the secret injunction was lifted, so that the implanted time out gene....BOB get this...zoom in....WHAT?!
The beach? ( are you sure?) OK, OK... Ladies and gentlemen the Patent also includes the habitat, this Beach, said to be one of the last un-spoiled, un-developed beaches in the World Sanctuary Par...(alll right, all right.....we are leaving, stop pushing!)
This is Fred Brunsun, for World Ne....