Investor against Cloning

To:	Investor
From:	L&R Financing
Re:	Dinosaur cloning

It would be an understatement to mention how much the judges' decision next week will affect our future--and yours. L&R Financing funded the building of DinoAdventures Theme Park in Wyoming several years ago. As you know, we've invested millions of dollars in the design of life-size, robotic dinosaurs that will be guided by advanced computer technologies as they roam through a recreated Mesozoic landscape and engage in all sorts of real-live activities. Our engineers have been working with a team of geologists and ecologists to make this the most compelling theme park of our age and one that can be duplicated at many other sites around the world. Should dinosaurs be brought back to life through cloning, we might as well close up shop now because robotic dinosaurs will never stand a chance against living, breathing dinosaurs in the public's eye. Your job is to convince the judges to veto dinosaur cloning. I have spoken to several of our specialists on evolution issues as well as our vets and animal rights activists and they all agree you could make a good case. Have your team investigate the exorbitant costs of producing, raising, and maintaining a captive breeding program of dinosaurs. Explore safety issues if dinosaurs are brought back to life (as a real scare tactic, consider giving the judges a first-hand look at one of our T. rex robotics or urge the paleontologists to mention Phil Currie's latest discoveries on coordinated hunting behaviors in predatory dinosaurs). Make sure you get accurate quotes about the enormous liability costs should (a) anyone get injured or, heaven forbid, killed by dinos in a game park or (b) the dinosaurs escape from the park and nearby towns have to be evacuated! Also look into the costs to local communities to clean-up the environmental degradation caused by the dinosaur game parks, including the extensive defoliation and soil trampling that the megaherbivores would produce, waste disposal and treatment, etc. I really don't care what you argue from an investment standpoint as long as you win this case. Dinosaurs must not be cloned! I've had my assistant type up a list of resources that might help you prepare your report. Remember, we're counting on you!

Cassandra Moulton III
Managing Director, L&R Financing