http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/05/man-monsters-and-the-occult
The concept of the chimera has been around for a very long time. It has long since been mostly categorized into the realm of mythology. The genetic merging of animals with humans seems right out of, The_Island_of_Doctor_Moreau novel.
Although life has many adaptations, the human+animal+chimera is very unsettling to most people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parahuman#Human-animal_hybrids_and_chimeras
http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera
http://news.discovery.com/tech/biotechnology/human-animal-hybrid-chimera-splice-slide-show.htm
Its just too tempting to have the science to create a wider spectrum of life forms.
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/superman/2013/05/human_animal_hybrids_chimeras_with_mice_pigs_and_goats.html
Thus, there is an incentive to conduct the most bizarre experiments far away from public scrutiny.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2017818/Embryos-involving-genes-animals-mixed-humans-produced-secretively-past-years.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0125_050125_chimeras_2.html
http://scholar.google.ca/scholar?q=human+animal+chimera&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart&sa=X&ei=p-G8VNn9KMGqyATl0IHwCw&sqi=2&ved=0CBoQgQMwAA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splice_(film)
