Horse+Cloning

[|Horse Cloning]

Horse Cloning Until 2003, when the first horse was cloned, horse cloning was just an experiment. Many horses have now been cloned and people are even being paid to clone horses. The cloning process is called nuclear transfer. This is where DNA is donated from another animal is transferred into eggs that have already been stripped of their genetic material. The embryos stay in incubators and are then put into the female horse. Many horse registrations do not allow cloned horses to register. Cloned horses are wanted so that they can be winner just like their mother. Royal Blue Boon Too was the first commercially cloned horse in the US. Her mother has won more than $380,000 in show competitions. The down side to cloning is that many, many people are against it and the eggs are normally purchased at slaughterhouses. The US is really trying to stop slaughterhouses and everything that goes on inside of them.

Ashley Andrews