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Clone Your Pet

I do not know if I would be anxious to do this, but I am sure some will be. I think if duplicates of pets were made then the uniqueness of each pet may be lost somehow with the owner expecting the exact same reactions from the twined pet.

South Korean Stem Cell Pioneer Clones Dog

AP - Pioneer South Korean stem cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk and his research colleagues have succeeded in cloning a dog, a global first that extends the remarkable string of laboratory successes by the Seoul National University professor.
Ref. https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...on_sc/dog_clone

Pet Clone

I would definitely not do it. The main reason (beside the money - I guess it's not cheap and the moral issues) is that I'll get a pet that will look like my old one, but will probably have an other personality, so I'll expect a certain behavior, which could be different than his behavior. I guess I would use the "old fashioned" way and if it's the case, I would buy a new "non-cloned" pet.

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Happy Birthday Snuppy!

https://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/04/24...reut/index.html

Regardless of whether or not Snuppy is a clone, and the ethics revolving around him, he is still a dog, and a good looking one at that. Take a read of the article; there is also a picture included.

Pet Clone

I personally wouldn't even consider doing this, apart from the fact that I feel that this would be meddling with something that should be natural, I would like to think that I had 'unique' animals

They are not pedigrees, but to me they are even more special, as they are 'rescue' animals, we only take in animals that otherwise would not have the chance to live.

I know which of my animals are good with children, and I would never forgive myself, if I had for example cloned one of my dogs, which still looked the same, but if it didn't have the same nature, and attacked a child, you could never put this right!

Pet Clone

The only reason I can see interest in cloning a pet is because of the attachment one makes with their family dog or cat. However, as DianeC mentioned, no one can predict that the cloned pet's behavior will mirror that of the original. Yes, it may look just like the original, but that is where the line in the sand becomes blurry. There are just too many choices and animals out there to make cloning a pet necessary. Humans just need to deal with the concept of life and death and move on with their lives.