Want Fido back? $50,000 please!

[alyxen]

Not that is going to come as a surprise to anyone, but you can get a pet cloned now.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1756&e=1&u=/040806/480/fx10808060005

I can't imagine paying that much. To me personally, I would find looking into the same face as a deceased pet more disturbing than getting a new pet.

 

[OldnotDead]

So let me get this right . . .

We're supposed to pay a company to produce a genetic duplicate of an animal that is known for having progeny which most people cannot give away?

I LOVE this country!!!

 

[Guest]

Not that is going to come as a surprise to anyone, but you can get a pet cloned now.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1756&e=1&u=/040806/480/fx10808060005

I can't imagine paying that much. To me personally, I would find looking into the same face as a deceased pet more disturbing than getting a new pet.

I agree! It would be very disturbing.

Yes, it would look like a much loved deceased friend, but it is highly unlikely it would turn out to be the same dog, with the same characteristics and so on. Environmental factors go into the make-up of an adult dog, just as they do with kids.

Also, I highly doubt enough research has been done. Yes, I know there was Dolly the sheep, etc, but it's dodgy ground. I think cloning could be a very dangerous thing, especially in the wrong hands.

Lou

P.S. The above goes for any pet, not just dogs.

 

[alyxen]

Re: Re: Want Fido back? $50,000 please!

I agree! It would be very disturbing.

Yes, it would look like a much loved deceased friend, but it is highly unlikely it would turn out to be the same dog, with the same characteristics and so on. Environmental factors go into the make-up of an adult dog, just as they do with kids.

I would imagine that those paying for this service would even try too hard to make the new pet behave like the old. I would think that would be confusing for the animal, being scolded, or treated badly, for behaving within their own personality.

 

[Guest]

Bad dog Cudjo. Bad dog!

 

[snooper]

... I would find looking into the same face as a deceased pet more disturbing than getting a new pet.

It won't be the same face. Cloned kittens, genetically indistinguishable, have different markings on their fur.