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Originally Posted by mikefong123
My wife made me swear not to get another dog after our dog died last month....I told my wife that if I saw a dog that look exactly like my dog that died, I'm going to adopt it no matter what because it means she came back.....Honestly, if cloning wasn't so expensive, I might have done it but $50K was just too much.
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I'm sorry you lost your dog (I read your other thread as well). If you read my reply to it then you know that I mean it when I say I know how you feel. I actually have the money to clone my pets that I have now. However, after doing some intense research on the subject; I realized its not worth it for ethical reasons. Basically, to clone your pet you must be willing to live with the fact that many other animals will suffer, be treated inhumanely and then eventually killed. So just wanted to give you some insight for FYI so you can decide if its worth it if you ever get in a financial position to do it with future pets.
1. There is ZERO regulation for the welfare of animals used for cloning (surrogate dogs, dogs used for embryos, other puppies from the litter etc.).
2. Meaning they can legally keep a surrogate mother dog in a tiny cage until the birth of your clone and then just kill her. Or do anything really.
3. Currently a surrogate only gets pregnant 20% of the time. And this is because of the "advances in technology recently." In the past it was 1 out of 123 times!!!
4. Although genetically identical, a clone will not look physically anything like your dog for most clones that are successfully birthed.
So what do you think happens to the 10-20 surrogates solely used to birth your clone, clones born with birth defects, multiple puppies from each successful litter and healthy clone puppies that don't look physically like your dog when there are zero regulations?
If you look at ANY animal related industry with lax regulations (or even strict regulations) there is only one thing in common. They all find ways to inflict extreme pain, abuse and death on the animals in the name of squeezing out every cent of profit. So I'm sure you can use your imagination to figure out what they do to all those dogs above........In my opinion the pain/torture that goes into getting a clone of my pet is not even close to being worth it.
Here is a detailed article on the subject if you want to read further:
https://erlc.com/resource-library/ar...th-pet-cloning
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