The Pros And Cons Of Animal Cloning

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What if one could bring back a deceased pet. Or maybe bring back an extinct species. These things could soon be possible with modern science. Though these benefits may be found interesting, and truly incredible are our attempts affecting organisms, and is it humane? Although cloning animals may be the next step in science, the animal clones live hard and painful life; are we making the world a better place or sacrificing innocent animals for the sake of our own evolvement. Animal cloning is inhumane and has resulted in many animal test subjects that have suffered, surrogate mothers have been affected in bad ways as well. Animal cloning involves numerous experiments on animals. In every scenario, the animal's life is at risk. Learn.genetics.utah.edu.com states that “...for every 1000 tries, only 30 clones are made.” This means that not only does cloning often fail, but has an effect on 970 animals that did not succeed. On March 25th 2001 Gina Kolata wrote on www.nytimes com “...Cloning can introduce random errors in the Clones DNA, Subtly altering individual genes with consequences that can halt embryo or fetal development, killing the clone. Or alterations may be fatal soon after birth, leading to major medical problems later in life...” This means that even one of …show more content…

Endanimalcloning.org reports that “ From grossly over sized heads, twisted limbs and bloated fetuses to malformed kidneys and immune system issues, cloned animals and their surrogate mothers suffer from severe health problems.” Not only are the Clones affected, but their surrogate mother suffer as well. Most cloning attempts fail, but that does not mean that because they feel, no organisms are affected. Often, the cloning attempts fails during the pregnancy. This is because Occurs often with clones. This turns into abnormal pregnancies with a numerous issues that threaten the surrogate mothers and the baby