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Even though this will probably start a debate. How do you all feel
about this cloning issue for animals. Would you want to clone your cat or
cats. From what I understand the kittens that were cloned produced all
are just alike doing perfectly fine, very healthy. Would you want to do
this.

Personally yes if the personality was the same; if not I would
definably adopt from the shelter or cat society that I volunteer at.
Only one drawback I see about it is the spiritual part If I cloned one
of my friends would both of them be waiting for me across the Rainbow bridge
when it was time.

rpl

Conversation overhead in the afterlife...

"Hey you're me!"

"No, I'm me, you're.... hmmm"
"<GRIN> so when whassisface the Servant comes around here's what we do..."

judy

Personally, I have no interest in the cloning thing. But seeing as this is
the topic, I just did a bit of surfing on the subject.

Though the cloned kittens may be doing perfectly fine and may be very
healthy, what about down the road? Cloning is a new thing. Consider Dolly
the cloned sheep. She only lived about half as long as a sheep born under normal cir***stances would.

If that's the only drawback you see, you're either you're rich, rich or you
haven't investigated the costs when it comes to cloning. :c)

no more retail

I do have money but I won't go into my financial well offness
but I should have added this part if it was readily available and Well I
won't say perfected because nothing is perfect.

And I have actually done some research on the cost and I would be willing to
pay it. I am thinking about doing the genetic tissue storage the company
offers to its clients to store when it get available to the general public.
If I live that long. It may sound selfish on my part but a couple of the
firballs I love more than my wife :-)

According to the companies researching it as soon as it is readily available
it won't be that expensive. 2 years ago it cost $200,000 to do it now it is
about $12,000 - $20,000. And it should get cheaper. I also read that dogs
cells resist cloning

But the question was would any of you do it :-)

maryl

No, I would not want to clone my cats, even if I could fantasize that I
could afford it financially. First, personality cannot be cloned, so you
would only be cloning physical characteristics. Second (but actually more
important if listed in order of significance), untold numbers of cats are
euthanized every year because there are not enough homes for them. This is
the reason I think we should adopt from shelters instead of going to
breeders and should spay/neuter our pets. Cloning would add still more to
an overpopulated base while reducing the number of people who adopt (because
the cloned cat would receive the home instead).

MaryL

mlbriggs

Perhaps,if you have been a good kid. If not, perhaps you would go in
another direction!!!!!

judy

As I said before, I have no interest in the cloning thing, so I would not do
this.

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"MaryL" <carstan101@yahoo.comTAKE-OUT-THE-LITTER>

Since there hasn't yet been any viable cloning with a normal lifespan, how
do you know that some if not all of the personality would not been
duplicated too? Aside from that, I can see some reasons for cloning such as
getting an animal that resembles a pet you used to have. It was for that
reason that I recently adopted a six month old cat because she so closely
looks like the cat I had twenty years ago.

The only reason I do not support cloning at all is that sooner or later,
there will be serious attempts to clone humans. That means that all the
steps leading up to perfectly healthy human clones will produce malformed
and imperfect specimens who will suffer greatly from their deformities. Even
after successful cloning, there will be some who use them for personal
purposes. It would be a new form of slavery. How many of you have seen the
movie "The Island"?

phil p.

Because personalities are formed by experiences, upbringing, environment,
etc. things that cannot be duplicated in exact detail. A clone is simply a
copy with a loss of detail.


Aside from that, I can see some reasons for cloning such as


That's not fair to the cat or your previous cat. You should have chosen the
cat based on his own qualities- not because he looks like a previous cat.
Knowing you (from your posts), sooner or later you'll be expecting the new
cat to live up to your image of your previous cat. What happens when he
doesn't?

kate

Interesting question, and I have no problem with a good debate (as long
as it stays polite of course ).

I wouldn't clone for a couple of reasons.

1. I understand (although I haven't done any reasearch) that animals do
age more quickly once cloned and I wouldn't want to risk them
suffering.

2. I feel that to copy someone I loved would be a little dishonourable
to their memory. Not sure how to explain this more fully.

I agree that we are heading for trouble when we start to attempt human
cloning.

Kate