Cloning is a very controversial issue. According to national geographic there have been clones of cats, sheep, and wildcats. However, most of these animals don’t reach adulthood and suffer from diseases after they are cloned and some even suffer while they are being cloned. The first cloned cat by Genetic Savings and Clone is two years old and her name is CC. But she is not colored the same as her donor, they said because she is calico and calico cats will never look exactly like their donors. They however will never be the same cat as the donor because souls or personalities cannot be copied.
There are numerous ethical issues that accompany this controversial topic. The humane society believes that people clone their animals to deal with their grief of losing the animal, but they will just have to do it again when the cloned animal dies. Also, four million animals are killed each year because they are not adopted, so the humane society feels this is a good reason not to clone animals.
As I was reading, I thought about when we were discussing the personhood of animals. If we clone an animal does that copy version of the original animal have the same rights or personhood as the original? It is still an animal but it is a genetically composed and man-made creature.
Do you think a cloned animal deserves the same rights as a naturally born animal?
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