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I think this is so wrong....I love my girls but would never clone them it is messing with God in my opinion!Cloning Contest Seeks Worthiest UK Dog

I totally understand why someone would want to clone a loved pet.

The only problem I see is finding a pet that is free of health issues & diseases to clone, otherwise it's just repeating the heartbreak of the last one.

I missed my Chelsea soooo much after she passed. I would have cloned her in a heartbeat had the option been available. But, she died from complications of CT, so she suffered at the end. I wouldn't want to bring another dog into the world KNOWING it would suffer at some point.

I don't see how cloning would work other than to make the dog the same in appearance. Disposition would be influenced by experiences, so the dog couldn't possibly be exactly the same. For me, there can only be one Max & Teddy. It would be harder on me dealing with the loss to have a clone.

I agree with Spiritwings. In my opinion, I believe cloning is wrong.

Totally agree.

Eh, that depends on who you're talking to. Nature vs Nurture type deal. I personally believe its a combination of both elements that influences behavior, not one or the other.

I don't have the problem with the idea of cloning itself, but I do with the surrogate mothers since a dog can't give consent to carry a child from artificial insemination like a human can. Plus being an early adopter of a technology like that is never good not only because of the price, but also the failure rate before the technology matures.

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I agree.
Also there are other dogs out there in need of a good home and that can be as good or better than your beloved dog who passed away, why wouldn't you want to give them a good home instead of trying to live in the past.

Agree totally with this comment, I wouldn't clone any of mine, but one of the reasons for breeding Molly and Merlin was so a little bit of them would live on... and Mickey is the double look wise to Merlin when he was that age, even down to the little white patch on his chest, the other pups Daisy is a Molly (clone) lol noisy like her mammy too, and Louie and Holly both have traits of Merlin and Molly, looks and behaviour. Can't wait to see pics of little Lottie and get an update story

I also think science is science and things can go terribly wrong ,nothing is fool proof. Then what do you end up with a messed up dog that reminds you of your cloned dog and you love it bc you agreed to clone it so your stuck with the deformities or health issues and heart ache. It's knida not fair to the dog....I wouldn't want anyone cloning me! lol that would just be scary!!!

I agree that is both. Good genes. But also the experiences that the puppy would have would be different then what they would have now. Still would be different dog in my book. Also Galen's breeder and his parents made him a well adjusted little pup when I got him. He would not be that pup. I am adding to the way he is. IMO

I agree. I love my Rosie to death. And I think she is the perfect dog for me. When something happens to her I believe God will take care of me and put another pup in my path. I don't believe he intended on me cloning her. I teach Science. Science is science. I don't always agree with some of it. Cloning is something I don't agree with. Just my opinion.

All I can say is I'm glad the rest of the my time on this earth is short...I am sick to death of people playing God, now to defeseless animals...Dear Lord please don't let them clone me, I'm worn and tired and certainly don't want to do it all over again...When this world is perfect, then we can think of cloning...this to me is just disgusting, as was Dolly the lamb. Imagine the cloning debates down the line..."Cloning for all" discriminating againts the right to clone...inhumane not to clone my brother Charlie Manson...etc....uggghhhh....

:thumbup: This is what I meant.

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:thumbup::thumbup: well said Lynzy!

I'll have to go back and read, but I thought there were problems with Dolly the cloned lamb and the animals in other studies -- problems that arose from cloning. I think an Asian company that claimed to have successfully cloned animals was found to be a hoax.

That makes a lot of sense! I think I remember a cloned calf coming out with 5 legs:eek:

Oh I had forgot about Dolly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(sheep)

I would not clone. A copy of the original is not the original.

I agree!! I like that quote!!

Totally agree.

Also did you notice the company doing the cloning is in Korea? Can't help but think of the Korean puppymills, dog farms, etc that go on there. Perhaps their laws about animals there aren't like here? Not that our animal protection laws are all that strict, but just saying.

Are any of you familiar with the anime Full Metal Alchemist? This really reminds me of it but in real life. Two brothers lose their mother, and try to bring her back to life with alchemy. In the process the younger brother loses his body (but not his soul) and the older brother loses his arm. The mother was brought back momentarily but was not "their" mother, just sorta resembled her, in a meltingly zombie-ish way. I know just a cartoon, but this anime was deep.

The underlying tone of the show was you cannot get or gain anything without taking it from someone else.

In this case, [supposed] good homes could be adopting/rescuing pets in need facing death row, instead they spend tens of thousands to clone (resurrect?) their pet, now no longer having the space in their home to save another pet.

And all that money spent could have been used for good. Instead they had to be selfish and greedy and try to bring back the dead, which is not going to be the same as their passed pet, bc they are only similar in looks!

Even twins who have the same DNA, not only do they act and have completely different personalities, they are not 100% identical! Puppies from the same litter can have huge differences in looks. Aren't pups in the same litter have the exact same DNA?

Addresing the science side of this discussion: identicals are not exactly identical, due in part to a process referred to as gene expression. Regardless of environment-organism interaction, an organism cannot be "exactly" duplicated. So if you were to be cloned, your copy would not be an exact duplicate of you.