Comments on: So, is it ok to clone a dog as long as he is a hero? http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/18/so-is-it-ok-to-clone-a-dog-as-long-as-he-is-a-hero/ All Dog, all the time! News, photos, reviews, guides and more. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:56:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Melissa http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/18/so-is-it-ok-to-clone-a-dog-as-long-as-he-is-a-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-1999 Melissa Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:33:23 +0000 http://doggies.com/blog/?p=2080#comment-1999 As a Brittany Rescue volunteer I am STRONGLY against cloning. For every one dog that we are able to take in there are many many more still waiting or euthanized. We already have millions of animals destroyed every year around the world. WHY would we intentionally add to that by cloning? I believe we need to rethink our priorities here and enact better animal protection laws BEFORE we go and compound the issue. With todays economy our intake of Britts has grown exponentially. It's truly frustrating and disheartening to continually fight to SAVE lives while many people are breeding their pets for silly reasons such as * im an empty nester, I want one of his pups, I want I want I want... I can make money.... it's always about I WANT..... what about what the animal deserves? We as humans domesticated the animals, and we are responsible for them. NOW we make the overpopulation problem worse by cloning? It's absurd. The dog will NEVER be EXACTLY like the previous one as we can not exactly duplicate every single moment of the previous dog's life that contributed to his personality and abilities. And before anyone asks, YES i'm against human cloning too. And NO i would NOT EVER consider cloning. Nothing can fully replace that animal. I wouldnt want to cheapen my best friends life by doing so. We can't replace them completely, we CAN however open our hearts, arms, and homes to another animal that will love us unconditionally. The butterfly affect comes to mind here... Change one tiny little thing of the past and we change all of the future As a Brittany Rescue volunteer I am STRONGLY against cloning. For every one dog that we are able to take in there are many many more still waiting or euthanized. We already have millions of animals destroyed every year around the world. WHY would we intentionally add to that by cloning?

I believe we need to rethink our priorities here and enact better animal protection laws BEFORE we go and compound the issue.

With todays economy our intake of Britts has grown exponentially. It’s truly frustrating and disheartening to continually fight to SAVE lives while many people are breeding their pets for silly reasons such as * im an empty nester, I want one of his pups, I want I want I want… I can make money…. it’s always about I WANT….. what about what the animal deserves? We as humans domesticated the animals, and we are responsible for them. NOW we make the overpopulation problem worse by cloning?

It’s absurd. The dog will NEVER be EXACTLY like the previous one as we can not exactly duplicate every single moment of the previous dog’s life that contributed to his personality and abilities. And before anyone asks, YES i’m against human cloning too. And NO i would NOT EVER consider cloning. Nothing can fully replace that animal. I wouldnt want to cheapen my best friends life by doing so. We can’t replace them completely, we CAN however open our hearts, arms, and homes to another animal that will love us unconditionally.

The butterfly affect comes to mind here… Change one tiny little thing of the past and we change all of the future

]]> By: Me http://doggies.com/blog/2009/06/18/so-is-it-ok-to-clone-a-dog-as-long-as-he-is-a-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-1991 Me Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:16:19 +0000 http://doggies.com/blog/?p=2080#comment-1991 I agree. I don't necessarily have a strong opinion about cloning either. I do wonder whether there will be any big drawbacks discovered in a few years, ie: health issues. I also wonder how close these dogs, besides their appearance, come to the original dog? After all, nurture has a lot to do with how a dog will behave, etc. Personally, I like to believe that I share my house with the most amazing dog on this planet. He's a rescue. A mutt. He's got me wrapped around his paw. And he's 15 now. At times I do wonder whether I should save some DNA when that dreaded, horrible day comes ... I might. If at some point in my life, money has become abundant, and 150K don't hurt anymore, or even if the price of cloning drops to 10K ... why not? I've contributed as much as I can over the years to various animal causes and I plan on doing so for many more years. But I also think, that if the day comes, and I want to give this a try to get another shot at having my best friend back (or a very close second), I should be allowed to do so, without being condemned by those who oppose. I agree. I don’t necessarily have a strong opinion about cloning either. I do wonder whether there will be any big drawbacks discovered in a few years, ie: health issues. I also wonder how close these dogs, besides their appearance, come to the original dog? After all, nurture has a lot to do with how a dog will behave, etc.

Personally, I like to believe that I share my house with the most amazing dog on this planet. He’s a rescue. A mutt. He’s got me wrapped around his paw. And he’s 15 now. At times I do wonder whether I should save some DNA when that dreaded, horrible day comes … I might. If at some point in my life, money has become abundant, and 150K don’t hurt anymore, or even if the price of cloning drops to 10K … why not? I’ve contributed as much as I can over the years to various animal causes and I plan on doing so for many more years. But I also think, that if the day comes, and I want to give this a try to get another shot at having my best friend back (or a very close second), I should be allowed to do so, without being condemned by those who oppose.

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