Pros And Cons Of Animal Cloning

Animal Cloning: The Artificial Species Animal cloning leaves a bad taste in some people’s mouth because it is seen as an unethical as well as ethical idea, which leaves many people not knowing where they stand on the subject due to incorrect information or no previous knowledge. Animal cloning will affect our world and the agriculture industry for many generations. Animal cloning is defined as the “process by which an entire organism is reproduced from a single cell taken from the parent organism and in a genetically identical manner” (Animal Cloning- Pros and Cons Discussed). Although many professionals in the livestock industry across the world believe that animal cloning is unethical, consumers should support cloning so that as an industry

Over the course of ten years, hunters hindered the operation to preserve this species and they found that there was only one bucardo remaining: a female that they nicknamed Celia. They decided that they needed to track and gather information over Celia so “a team from the Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park, led by wildlife veterinarian Alberto Fernandez-Arias, caught the animal in a trap, clipped a radio collar around her neck, and released her back into the wild” (Bringing Them Back to Life 1-2). Unfortunately, nine short months later the radio collar let out the signal, a long steady beep that Celia had died due to being crushed by a fallen tree. Even though Celia had passed away her cells continued to live, frozen in labs in Zaragoza and Madrid. Over the next couple of years Jose Folch, a reproductive physiologist, gathered nuclei from Celia’s cells and implanted the cells in to goat eggs that have been stripped of their on DNA, then placed inside of surrogate mothers. The team implanted 57 embryos, there were only seven animals that had taken and become pregnant. Out of the seven pregnancies, there were six miscarriages and one birth. The one successful pregnancy, produced by a hybrid between a Spanish ibex

Well one scientist by the name Woo Suk Hwang is making this possible, but not without a large price tag. In the article “Cloning Lab Aims to Save Wild Species,” author Mark Zastrow shows how one lab in South Korea, Sooam Biotech, is changing the lives of many people through recreating pets that have passed on. Woo Suk Hwang unveiled the first cloned dog in 2005. Hwang has clients throughout the world that he charges $100,000 per pup that he clones. In addition to cloning smaller domesticated animals, scientist are beginning to clone livestock such as cattle, sheep, and pigs. Cloning gives the producers the ability to recreate genetics that are beneficial to their herds needs. For example, most dairy cows are bred by artificial insemination, a form of cloning that can be used to influence more milk production or more milk fat depending on the producers use for the product. This is also being used in show quality animals to keep winning genetics around. For instance, a couple of summers ago the cattle company that I showed for cloned a heifer calf that had winning genetics and her dams genetics were going extinct. This calf was one of the best on our show string for that year. Some may argue that animal that are products of “cloning” do not live an enjoyable life, but scientist have come so far with technology that most health issues can be resolved. So whether it’s a pet that has occupied the same living