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Cat Cloning March 25,2004 Garrett Nimmo The first company to successfully clone a domestic cat has gone commercial. In early February they offered people a chance to have their cats cloned, but for the price of $50,000. A cloned cat is a newborn animal that shares genes and maybe behavioral tendencies with its genetic predecessor. But many people have doubts about cloning because a survey taken in 2002 said that 23% of all cloned mammals produced by nuclear transfer (taking the nucleus of one cell and putting it into another) never reached healthy adulthood. Health issues in cloned mammals can be very mild, but they can also be very serious or even fatal. These issues are things such as obesity, respiratory failure, anemia, liver fibrosis, or heart defect. The first domestic cat cloned is now two years old and completely healthy, but in order to calm clients’ fears the company will give a full refund to any client whose cat is not completely healthy. People may be disappointed at the fact that the clone will not be an exact replica of its genetic predecessor. The reason for this is that the conditions that the original were raised in cannot be duplicated. There are many people who are opposed to the cloning of animals. Roughly 4 million animals are killed a year by shelters. These people feel that if you want an animal then you should take one from a shelter.

March 19, 2010