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i would not clone my pet because it should just be one of them and be happy you had it and it would cost lots of money when i could just buy another dog for cheaper

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I would not clone my pets because it would not be the same to me, I would rather build a relationship with new pets and let the memories of the old pets rest as they should, as nature would intend.

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I would MAYBE clone my pet, but I would only do it if it meant they'd be 100% healthy and retained memories. I wouldn't want to clone my pet and have it be a completely different personality or have health problems. There's a small chance that I actually would clone my pet. But tbh I'm more on the NOT cloning my pet side.

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David

I would not wanna clone my pet because it just doesn't sound right. One reason why I would not do it because it cost 50,000$

and see that's a lot of money and for it to not work it and really bad thing because you wasted a lot of money. Another reason is that I don't want to is because it would look like the same animal you cloned but it would have a different personatle from what you used to have.

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Grace Campitelli

I think that cloning could come in use for conservation of endengered species or when it would be useful to replicate an animal with pelicular skills, such as a service dogs with rare and desirable abilities.

On the contrary I would not clone my dog because the cloned dog would look like mine but as the article said "You can clone the look of a dog, but you can’t clone the soul.”, it wouldn't be the same because what make each individual who they are is their experiences and interactions with the environment they grow up in.

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Lily C

I wouldn't clone my turtle for two reasons. The first is it is very expensive $50,000 to $25,000. Including the fact that, only from the article, there has been no research or study on cloning reptiles. The second reason is the amount of animals that suffer from it. "...the cloning industry has produced “a whole canine underclass that remains largely invisible to us but whose bodies serve as a biological substrate.”" This sentence from the article shows on how many animals have to suffer just for one clone to be made. This is why I would not clone my pet.

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Hailey

I would not clone my dog because of the price. For $50,000 with no guaranteed life span this seems unreasonable. Another reason I wouldn't is because there is no guarantee that the cloned pregnancy will even hold in the uterus. After all it took 1,000 embryos and 123 surrogates to create Snuppy.

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I would not clone my pet for two reasons: ethical reasons and concerns about animal welfare. Another reason is that the pet wouldn't have the same personality and memories as the one that passed. This defeats the main reason for cloning a pet.

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I would not clone a pet. First, cloning does not for sure keep the same personality or bond. According to the article, "everything that matters to us about the personality of a dog is not in those genes," saying that a cloned dog would be a different creature despite sharing the same genetic makeup. Second, including the suffering of animals used for egg donation and surrogacy, according to scientists who claim that cloning creates a "canine underclass."

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I would not clone my dog. First of all the success rate is so low that it's crazy. I also think that if I wanted to clone my dog and it gave birth to the "farmed dogs" industry I would regret it.

I also feel like even if the dog gets cloned 100% the time I spent with it won't be there. Its memories of our time spent together will be forgotten and you can't replace your dog and the experience you had with it for, even for another dog that looks exactly like it.

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I think its a waste of cloning a pet its just a fake means of resurrection. Even if the cloned dog will have a different life, it will not behave the same even though it may appear just like the original: "The behavior of cloned animals differs from that of the original animals," he says. Brogan also addresses the ethical issues, contending that "cloning involves multiple surgeries and high failures, leading to unnecessary suffering for both the surrogate animals and the clones themselves." According to these facts, cloning a dog is not just wasteful but fake.

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Rachel Young.

I would not clone my dog because of the negative effects. Cloned animals are more likely to die from disease. The article mentions a sheep named Dolly who was genetically cloned; six years later, she died of lung cancer and arthritis. This shows that cloned animals are more susceptible to diseases because there was a cloned animal that died from two diseases at six years old. Also, cloning animals are really expensive. Cloning animals cost about $50,000, which is expensive and is more than what some people make in a year.

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I would not clone my pet for two main reasons. One being how cloning hurts other animals. The article says many dogs are used and often suffer to make one clone. Another reason would be the clone cant be the same dog. The article states how experts say a dog's personality comes from how they were raised not just DNA.

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I would not clone my pet because, in my opinion, the cost of the procedure is not worth the results. Pet cloning-- specifically dog cloning-- requires many dogs and many surrogates to be successful; as the article claims, "Many cloned pregnancies don’t take hold in the uterus or die shortly after birth, as was the case with Snuppy’s twin. Snuppy and his twin were two of only three pregnancies that resulted from more than 1,000 embryos implanted into 123 surrogates". If I were to clone my pet, I would want only my pet involved; adding in other dogs (outside of the necessary surrogate mother) would defeat the purpose. The resulting pet would not be what I wanted, and therefore would not be worth the cost of the procedure. Additionally, the clone of my pet would be nurtured in a different environment than my initial pet, resulting in an entirely different personality. The article claims, "While a clone may perfectly replicate its genome, it won’t be the same dog because it won’t have the same life, a life that it lived in your company". In my opinion, this would make the procedure not worth it, because it would cost a lot of money for the pet to be cloned, only for it to not even be the same pet personality-wise. When I own a pet, I care more about its personality than its specific genetic makeup, and this would, too, defeat the purpose.

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As much as I would love to clone my dog, I don't think it is worth the industry of "farmed dogs" that would have to be created for cloning to be possible.

I feel like the memories you shared with that lost pet can't be replaced with a clone.

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No, I would not clone my own pet. Firstly, cloned pets have a higher risk for disease according to debates from researchers with evidence of animals with chronic diseases and low life rates. Which can cause suffering for that cloned animal. Secondly, cloned dogs are $50,000 and cloned cats are $25,000 before tax according to the article. This price insanely expensive for a 20% cloning success rate.

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I wouldn't want to because its not like the same dog it was before because it wouldn't have any of its memories, or even same habits. Another reason I wouldn't want to clone it is just because it would freak me out like imagine having two of the same dogs, it would be very creepy.

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Juliette

Spending $50,000 is a lot of money, and it's not worth it because it's not guaranteed it'll work

If the process even is successful, cloning can cause the animals to age faster or increase the risk of diseases.

For example, Dolly died at 6 from lung disease and arthritis, and 6 is half the average age of sheep.

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Lilly

"You can clone a dog but not their soul." It will never 100 perecent be your dog, also it wont have memory's of the past like the original dog "You adore this animal—not because of its genetics, but because it became the creature that it is through time spent with you."

Sometimes you need to let go because its better to have loved and lost then to have never loved before!