Inside the Business of Dog Cloning
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Inside the Business of Dog Cloning
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#2I would like to clone my dog but I am waiting for the price to drop.
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#3I have a dog, have lost dogs in the past, and understand how sad it is. But man, there are so many dogs in shelters getting killed because of overcrowding that it boggles my mind that people can be so selfishly fixated on their needs that they don't think about the costs of their decisions (suffering of the surrogate dogs, the clones that don't make it, and the disgustingly high monetary costs here).
Life is full of death and sadness, people and animals you care deeply about don't live forever. Being able to deal with grief and continue living your life is an important skill to develop. I'm not sure that grasping to maintain what is ultimately unmaintainable is a healthy way of handling it. The clone won't be the same dog, if anything it's going to make it harder to grieve and move on with your life.
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#4I have a dog, have lost dogs in the past, and understand how sad it is. But man, there are so many dogs in shelters getting killed because of overcrowding that it boggles my mind that people can be so selfishly fixated on their needs that they don't think about the costs of their decisions (suffering of the surrogate dogs, the clones that don't make it, and the disgustingly high monetary costs here). Life is full of…
It is incredibly strange. A few years ago, I lost an absolutely beloved dog(black lab) to cancer after owning her for only 4 years...she wasn't even 8 years old.
The most powerful takeaway for me was that in spite of how little time I spent with her, she enriched my life incredibly...it seems so detached from reality to try to artificially extend that experience...
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#5People talk about this because it is a disgusting display of wealth, and morally immature to say the least.
But all technologies like this, meant ultimately for humans, will be tested on animals first.
If we are going to learn and refine cloning on dogs anyway..... they scientists might as well bring back "Captain Fluffles".
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#6I’ve been fascinated with this since I first heard about it on NPR about a year ago. I love my dogs almost as much as my human family. In fact, I usually find myself trusting in my dogs more than other people and am that guy you see at the local dog park all the time. Point is I am the kind of person that would do this if I had the money. But i wonder how similar the dog’s personality would be to the one i loved. In some ways, seeing a dog that is identical to one i loved but acting completely different would be harder than dealing with the loss itself imho.
Better to just cherish the life while it’s there.
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#7I love my dog, but a clone would not be the same dog, with the experiences that make her the way she is.
I cannot think about dog cloning without remembering Fry's speech upon throwing the fossilized remains of his faithful Seymour into the lava beneath Planet Express, and it tears me up everytime.
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#8People talk about this because it is a disgusting display of wealth, and morally immature to say the least. But all technologies like this, meant ultimately for humans, will be tested on animals first. If we are going to learn and refine cloning on dogs anyway..... they scientists might as well bring back "Captain Fluffles".
True in a sense, but much like dogs, cloning humans seems quixotic as we don't have any shortage of humans, either. Cloning organs and tissues has more potential, granted.
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#9What about the surrogate dog "mothers"? I imagine that role is a pretty disgusting one to ponder.
With a mortality rate as low as 66% for a full litter, one has to wonder how realistic our dreams of human cloning really are.
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#10I have a dog, have lost dogs in the past, and understand how sad it is. But man, there are so many dogs in shelters getting killed because of overcrowding that it boggles my mind that people can be so selfishly fixated on their needs that they don't think about the costs of their decisions (suffering of the surrogate dogs, the clones that don't make it, and the disgustingly high monetary costs here). Life is full of…
Absolutely, but the concept still has a "neat" factor. I have a mixed breed dog that I adopted from the shelter, picked up as a stray. He'd clearly been abused and was scared of quite a long list of things, including the smell of alcohol. He's really come out of his shell and is now a super cool dog and loves to meet new people. He has a very unique coat and I have a ton of people ask what breed he is.
Producing a clone would not produce the same dog, but it'd be like one of his littermates. It'd be pretty neat to give that roll of the DNA dice another shot, see what kind of dog comes out of it.
The suffering involved in the cloning process is a huge turn off though and makes it a no go for me.