This is a question that has been around for decades, since the first animal was cloned and even since it became an idea. Cloning has been seen as having major potential for scientific discovery, growth, and advancement, but the question has always been, is it ethical? The first animal was cloned in 1958 by a british biologist John Gurdon. He managed to clone a sheep named Dolly using a somatic nuclear cell transfer, which is still the moethod used today. Ever since then, cloning has been a growing "business" in biology. Today, many more animals have been cloned, sheep, dogs, horses, donkeys, cats, etc.. But over time, the government has put on many limitations on cloning. Some of those being what we can clone, how often we can clone, what procedures have to be taken within the cloning process, and many more.
Animal cloning is a process that takes long time, the steps in this process include, taking a skin sample from the animal that will be cloned, from there you take a somatic cell out of that sample and insert it into an unfertilized egg which was taken from a female, the nucleus from that cell is then insterted into the unfertilized egg. From there, the egg is then stimulated into dividing which is then placed into the uterus of a surrogate mother. The mother then carries this egg until birth, which is when the cloned animal is birthed. problems surrounding this is that there is, at the moment, a relatively low success rate, many of these manipulated eggs don't make it to birth, and die before the birthing process. Also, the ethical concerns is that the babies, if birthed, often show many health concerns and die early. Only a small few are birthed healthy and live as long as normal.
These points combined brings up the question, is cloning animals ethical? with a low success rate and many health problems throughout their life, is that worth advancement in science, is it worth the advances it could bring? Cloning has been a highly debated topic throughout the years and still is. Concerns have risen for the well being of those who do the cloning and for the animals themselves, cloning does hurt only the cloned embryo if failed, it can also create complications for the mother and with that, all of the other embryo the mother is carrying. Some think it is ethical for the advances it could bring, your could bring your pets back, you could in theory, even bring family members back. There are also those who think it is not ethical at all, putting an innocent baby at risk for an experiment? Putting the mother at risk for the same reason, even all the other embryos she is also carrying? these are all questions that have come up in this debate.
Do you think cloning is ethical?
Do you think that the kinds of animals cloned should be different?
What do you dislike/ like about the idea of cloning or the cloning process?
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No, I thnk cloning in not ethical. I dislike like the idea of not only putting the baby in danger but putting the mother in danger. It for it to maybe not even work. I feel like you are putting many things in danger for it to not even work. Even if it does work the baby will most likely have health problems and most likely end up dying early.
I think cloning animals is a complicated issue. On one hand, it could help bring back endangered species or improve farming, but on the other hand, it feels unnatural and could lead to problems like genetic defects. I also think that if animals are going to be cloned, they should focus on different species, not just farm animals or pets. Personally, I don't really like the idea of cloning because it messes with nature too much, and we don't know all the risks yet.
I don't think that the kind of animal matters, because no matter what this idea shouldn't be normalized. There is always the chance this could go wrong and cause damage to the animals. I think that once an animals goes extinct it is meant to stay that way. While it could make science advancements, I still think overall that it is wrong.
There are some pros to animal cloning, such as the advancement of scientific discoveries. Such as being able to replicate different diseases and figure out certain ways to treat and vaccinate these certain diseases. It could also help increase the biodiversity of ecosystems that have animals populations that are struggling.
I don't think cloning is ethical. I think in ways, this could harm the animal. If the cloning doesn't work, then the animal used for the experiment could have many complications. I also think that the topic of " it could bring pets back" is very unethical. After an animals dies, it should not be brought back. That goes against the normalties we have lived with for years.
I think that overall the kind of animals doesn't matter very much. I think no matter what kind of animal you use, it still has potential to go wrong and be very costly to the animals. I think that just this risk is enough to cancel out the pros of animal cloning.
I don't think cloning is ethical. I think that the consequences caused following the cloning procedure are very unethical. Many animals experience vital organ defects, such as problems with the brain, heart, and liver. These defects put animals at great risk of dying very painful and unethical deaths.
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