It costs $32.000 in california apparently
2007-10-21 13:38:58 · 9 answers · asked by matters 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
I would if I could! I had the perfect dog growing up, he died of old age at age 16 a few years back! I was so tore up! We had him since I was 3 and I seriously loved him! As a matter of fact when I was like 10 I thought that when I grew up I would marry him! haha! He was the best dog! If he were still around and I thought that cloning him would work, I'd do it if it was getting to the end of his life. BUT who knows what would really come of it right? I mean you can't clone his personality and experiences so he'd probably just look the same but be a different dog.... so I just couldn't say it would be a great idea.
2007-10-21 16:38:47 · answer #1 · answered by Rai 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are mistaken. I'm here in California, and it's not available to the general public right now.
You can take tissue samples and preserve them for future cloning. It's a service you have to pay a monthly fee for. Maybe that's what you heard about.
To answer your question:
NO! I wouldn't clone my beloved dog.
The main reason is that it wouldn't be the same dog. Just like with people, early experiences shape personality. Something traumatized my dog so that she's scared of baby gates. So, to get my dog back through cloning, I would intentionally have to traumatize her. Otherwise known as animal abuse.
Also, the cost is outrageous!!!
You could help hundreds, if not thousands of animals for the cost of cloning just one pet. I think that donations to shelters, and adopting another homeless dog, is a better, more honorable way to comemorate a beloved pet, than to spend all that money on one animal that won't be anything like the one you lost.
2007-10-21 20:50:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if you knew you had the perfect pet it would not be the same. When you clone any animal they will have the same exact appearance and thats pretty much about it. It wont know all the same tricks or have the same memories or anything, it would be like getting a new dog that looked exactly like your old dog.
So why not donate that $32,000 to a charity or good cause an adopt one of the thousand dogs in a shelter that die everyday.
So I guess my answer is NO I would not clone my dog even if I knew it was the perfect pet.
2007-10-21 20:46:25 · answer #3 · answered by brittanylee6 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Genetics in animals are different than genetics in animals. For example I read an aritcle where the woman paid big money to have her cat cloned (it was when cloning was new) and the kitten wasn't even the same color as her original cloned cat. Cats coloring has different factors that determine it so cloning a cat doesn't even mean that you'll get one that looks like your beloved cat.
Also, genetics have nothing to do with personality. I have identical cousins who are SO different in personality but look the same and have the same genes. So cloning your cat/dog/whatever doesn't mean you'll get an animal that's exactly like yours.
Furthermore, there's still soo many unknowns about cloning. Dolly the sheep died way younger than most sheep die. Was it because her DNA was older, and therefore had a harder time replicating? Meaning you look like a 20 yr old but your insides are like that of an 80 yr. old bc your cells DNA degenerates over time (why our skin becomes less elastic).
And most importantly, I love my cats, but cloning wouldn't give me my dead cat back. And I could go to the animal shelter and save another cat for the same amount, so why bother?
2007-10-21 21:22:24 · answer #4 · answered by whistler45 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe if I won the lottery but one has to keep in mind that a cloned dog is still not the original dog; it will act differently because it's life conditions will be different - especially it will not have a mother and litter mates to teach life's lessons. I'd like to clone my first dog simply because I didn't know what I had and I knew little to nothing about training. Despite my stupidity, he was easily the best trained dog I had and I can only imagine how much better he would behave in public if I hadn't made those mistakes.
2007-10-21 20:47:20 · answer #5 · answered by Caninelegion 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No because genetically identical dogs, cats, people, etc. will not necessarily act the same way. The way any being acts depends on the way they are treated when they are young and all the experiences they have as they grow. You can never duplicate all these conditions so you would never have the same character or personality.
2007-10-21 20:45:51 · answer #6 · answered by kcpaull 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My horse is 23 years old, I have had him since he was 6 months old and I was 6 years old. Unfornately he was gelded before I was old enough to have a say in it. With his temperment and build, adding to that the bond that I share with him, I would have to say yes I would clone him.
I wouldnt say he is the perfect pet, I dont think there is a perfect pet per say, but I do know that he is perfect for me!
2007-10-21 20:47:13 · answer #7 · answered by cheyenne 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I have two perfect pets and I would clone them in a second if I could afford it ...
2007-10-21 20:44:02 · answer #8 · answered by zappafan 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If I had the money, No Doubt!
2007-10-21 20:46:43 · answer #9 · answered by Boxer Lover 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋