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01-11-2012, 05:19 PM | #1 |
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| Cloning pets At 9pm eastern time there is a program on "the learning Chanel" TLC about the social scientific and financial ramifications of pet cloning. It may be interesting to watch. It is repeated again at 11pm tonight. Last edited by jacquelinebabco; 01-11-2012 at 05:20 PM. |
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01-11-2012, 05:26 PM | #2 |
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| I just saw a little bit of it. All I could think of was all the beautiful pets that all they want is to be loved and someone spends thousands of dollars to have a cloned pet. The science part interest me. I guess on some level I can understand, but I still think there should be another answer.
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01-11-2012, 05:49 PM | #3 |
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| This is the story that was on the "today show" this morning about Double Trouble that was cloned for $50,000.00 Pet Cloning: Is It the Same Animal? | Video - ABC News |
01-11-2012, 07:04 PM | #4 |
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| I watched some of the show tonight & just watched the GMA clip. I just get a very eery feeling from it all. First off, I can't imagine losing Princess. Then to 'replace' her with 'herself' seems very wrong. I think it's disrespectful to the replaced pet, too. Like 'oh, she's gone, I'll just make another'. I don't know. Kinda reminds me of a very creepy horror movie I refuse to watch again. And surely $50,000 could go to something much better. In addition, I would not feel comfortable getting a pup from Korea after reading so much about how dogs are treated there. I can't imagine the surrogate gets the best care post-natal. JMO of course.
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01-11-2012, 07:10 PM | #5 | |
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I see both advantages and disadvantages in cloning and guess it's really an individual choice (like everything else).
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01-11-2012, 07:29 PM | #6 |
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| IMHO I couldn't handle it. Maybe 200 years from now my great grandkids will think it's no big deal, but for me, right now...it's too weird and sad
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01-11-2012, 07:35 PM | #7 |
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| I thought the cloned pets had proved to have terrible health problems. Did the program mention anything in that regard?
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01-11-2012, 07:44 PM | #9 |
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| I would so do that! And I think it would be really fascinating to make two clones of the same dog and see how they are when raised together...like twins!
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01-11-2012, 07:54 PM | #10 | |
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I'm like givemecouture....maybe in 100 years it will be so accepted, many people will clone their pets. Heck...I used to say - NEVER to on-line dating, but anymore it kind of makes sense. (if I were to ever date again)....technology and new times!
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01-12-2012, 07:26 PM | #11 |
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| I saw this show too. Very interesting. I personally would not do it because I just don't think she'd be the "same." For example, Baby still has "accidents" on the rug. With a new puppy I would train her right so as she doesn't pee on the rug. Hence, she wouldn't be the same. So, no, I wouldn't do it even if I had the money to.
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01-12-2012, 07:48 PM | #12 |
I ♥ Joey & Ralphie! Donating Member | I see nothing wrong with it and people who are cloning pets are paying for the scientists to learn more about cloning. I think in the future, it won't be so much that we can clone our pets; it will be so that we can buy a specific dog, for example, a clone of Chandler the top Specialty winning Yorkshire Terrier of all time. Breeders will probably sell cloning rights to companies of champion dogs and we would know all health problems before purchasing. The only downside for now is dogs who are cloned don't seem to live as long as the original. The age of the dog when cloned seems to be added on to the clone’s age. If they can overcome this problem they have a winner, in my opinion. I strongly believe that a dog is more than its genetic code, the experience that you have with it forms its personality with all the little quirks. Sometimes, it’s the imperfections that we love the most.
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01-12-2012, 09:27 PM | #13 |
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| IMO there is no way way I would ever clone my babies! They are one of a kind to me and when there time as passed it's God's will and he needs them in heaven...
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01-12-2012, 09:42 PM | #14 |
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| As much as I would love the idea of having a clone of my baby after she was gone, I wouldn't do it. I would hold dear all of the memories I had of my baby while she was alive and I would want to love another pup who looked different and had a different personality.
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01-12-2012, 09:52 PM | #15 |
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| I'm with you on this. What about all the homeless pets that need good homes who will lose their lives if not adopted . Not to mention how $50,000.00 could help a lot of homeless pets. I just think it's selfish and basically that's really what it's all about. |
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