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Company to clone cats
BBC News have an article about a company that is cloning pet cats.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3663277.stm I have a put up a survey on my site to get your opinion on this. http://www.kittens.co.uk Marie |
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That is absolutely revolting and unnecessary! If human cloning is illegal
then by all means animal cloning should be too. Belinda "Marie Griffiths Remove Rubbish" k wrote in message . .. BBC News have an article about a company that is cloning pet cats. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3663277.stm I have a put up a survey on my site to get your opinion on this. http://www.kittens.co.uk Marie |
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"David Robinson" wrote in message . au...
That is absolutely revolting and unnecessary! If human cloning is illegal then by all means animal cloning should be too. I disagree. It should depend on the reasons for which human cloning was made illegal. If it is some misguided religious / pseudo-moral/ethical reason, then you are correct in that human cloning should be just as illegal and wrong as animal cloning. But I think the main reason cloning of humans might be illegal and animal cloning legal is because some animals are much easier to clone than others. Thus we don't end up having to kill off 3500 non-viable infant organisms for every one we succeed with. When, we have to decide, is cloning no longer wrong? Is cloning plant cells ok? How about bacteria or planaria? Are fish OK to clone, lobsters, insects? Surely if it's ethically ok to clone a goldfish, then a cat is no different. |
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Tim wrote:
"David Robinson" wrote in message . au... That is absolutely revolting and unnecessary! If human cloning is illegal then by all means animal cloning should be too. I disagree. It should depend on the reasons for which human cloning was made illegal. If it is some misguided religious / pseudo-moral/ethical reason, then you are correct in that human cloning should be just as illegal and wrong as animal cloning. But I think the main reason cloning of humans might be illegal and animal cloning legal is because some animals are much easier to clone than others. Thus we don't end up having to kill off 3500 non-viable infant organisms for every one we succeed with. When, we have to decide, is cloning no longer wrong? Is cloning plant cells ok? How about bacteria or planaria? Are fish OK to clone, lobsters, insects? Surely if it's ethically ok to clone a goldfish, then a cat is no different. It's a complex problem. With humans, I don't have objections to terminating non-viable zygotes. It would be done when these are just a few cells and no sense of suffering or even awareness of their own existence. But there *is* a problem with who gets to decide who is to be cloned and who isn't. The process is coupled with genetic engineering and that's another very, very complex issue. I thought it was simple until I got a book and started to read up on what all the questions a For instance if you're going to clone a person, presumably you'll want to do genetic testing to prevent genetic diseases. At what point does a trait become a disease? Suppose you can define skin colour? Suppose you can define intelligence, gender and athletic ability,... Where does it stop? Suppose a wealthy person deecides to clone a servant class, with limited intelligence and submissive natures, but strong backs. Suppose a nation wants to build athletes for the Olympics. If we have problems now with performance enhancing drugs, what happens when we're cloning high jumpers with legs like grasshoppers. What would the lives of people thus cloned be like? We have no knowledge of what harm we may be doing and it requires a lot of thinking before we jump into somethingthat could become a crime against humanity, or catmanity forthat matter. If it were just a case of cloning a lost kitty so we could enjoy their life again, or feel that we have not lost our dear friend, I can sympathize with the feelings that drive that, but you can't turn back time and there are plenty of cats in the shelters that need homes. It's not hard to find one that needs our love. -- Best Regards, Fred Williams, (Jetadiah's hooman). |
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