CLONING

[rem55555]

I live in Wisconsin and I saw something on TV which said that coming up on the news, it was now possible to have your pet cloned in the state of Wisconsin. I didn't get the chance to watch the news, but I found the whole idea of cloning your pet to be disturbing. Dylan has been gone for about 2 1/2 months now and I am still having a rough time dealing with his passing. But as much as I'm hurting, there is just no way I could ever have him cloned. It just wouldn't be the same Dylan. I wonder if people who had their pets cloned, do they treat them the same, and I hate to say this, as the original. I don't know. I really feel for people who miss their pets so much that they go out and have them cloned. It just doesn't seem right. Especially when there are so many dogs and cats in animal shelters who want to be adopted and be given the chance to love somebody.

[rem55555]

The TV station just ran the story about cloning dog this morning. They interviewed a man who let his friends take his dog out to the woods/lake when someone shot his dog dead. The man was pretty upset and cried during the entire interview. I shed a few tears myself. He went on to tell the reporter how much he loved his dog and there will never be another one like him. He went on to talk about cloning and said he did not know how much it cost, but he had his dog's frozen body. After seeing this man who was really hurting over the senseless death of his best friend, I couldn't help but feel a little bit guilty on saying how cloning just doesn't seem right.
The person who shot his dog is being investigated and may be charged with the shooting of the dog and endangerment of life.

[theGoldenPup]

On a pet level it's disturbing, but I find it even more so with 'show' dogs...I shudder to think what could happen there.

GoldenPup

[diiorio]

I am very against it. I'm nto sure if you are aware, but to get oen stable clone, several unstable ones can die. Yes in the future clonign organs ect can be a good thing, but whole animals or people, no. The first clones Kitten had 5 pre cloens that died horribly.

[rem55555]

I am very against it. I'm nto sure if you are aware, but to get oen stable clone, several unstable ones can die. Yes in the future clonign organs ect can be a good thing, but whole animals or people, no. The first clones Kitten had 5 pre cloens that died horribly.

Thanks for enlightening me.

[diiorio]

They had a whole article on it in Comcast news, I believe it was linked to abcnews.com, it explained the kitten that was first cloned, the ones that died to get a stable clone.

We need to focus more on Cancer and targetign cells to prevent cancer then clones.

[Jo Ellen]

If I could clone anything, I would clone the time in my life that Daisy and I came together. Not that I would ever want to relive that time in my life, but the bond that Daisy and I share today is a product of the unique circumstances which brought us together.

I will never again have another dog like Daisy. Cloning her may give me a golden retriever that looks like Daisy and probably her temperament too, but the essence of our relationship has been forged through something entirely different and something impossible to recreate.

Time marches on and you can't go back.

[mybaby]

You are so right. I am still grieving my baby , gone 5 weeks now. He was the light of my life. And until I read your post , I would have thought how wonderful it would be to have a clone and have a version of my Sammy back. But as you so rightly put it, the relationship would not be the same. My Sammy saw me through some pretty lean years . :( He was there through my single parent years and then the empty nest syndrome when he became my `only child' So you are 100% right. Thank you for pointing that out . Somehow it makes it easier to bear.

[Jo Ellen]

Big hugs to you, Mybaby. I know my time will come with Daisy and I will be right where you are now. Daisy was the answer to my empty nest too, and so many other things going on at the time.

They are, to us, the dogs of Camelot...

Don't let it be forgot, That once there was a spot, For one brief, shining moment ...

[Luke's Mom]

When we have lived long enough, as I have (I'm a grandmother) to look back on many years of dog ownership, we realize that they are each so special in their own ways, and some of them are somehow Just "a cut above" the others. We never forget them or truly stop missing them! However, we usually seem to be able to open our hearts to the next really special one that comes along.......and that is a very good thing! :)
Cloning would not really provide the same experiences, and one thing that has not been mentioned in this thread is the cost. I remember reading in the paper about a woman who had her cat cloned and spent roughly $250,000 (yes, that's right) doing it. I think that is obscene, given all the wonderful things that could be done with that much money.

[SoulCatcher]

Can someone clone Brendon Frasier? I won't tell! Yum. LOL. On a serious note. I do not believe in cloning either, it's against nature.

[JsMom]

When Jake became quite old my husband used to tease me - saying - "let's have him cloned!" I told him "Never! It wouldn't be fair to the other dog - we would be expecting him to be just like Jake and there are so many factors to developing a personality. Not to mention - any genetic defects would be passed on as well."
I'm considering a female this time around especially because I don't want to "compare" but want to enjoy our new family member.
I find the whole cloning thing disturbing.