Posted on 01/30/2018 5:47:02 AM PST by C19fan
Amy Vangemert shared a special bond with her dog, Buhner. But as her beloved toy poodle aged, the Washington resident began dreading his death.
So when Buhner was 12 years old, Vangemert and her husband paid $50,000 to clone their dog.
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
Company in South Korea has been doing this far longer...the owner of said company is looking to bring back the woolly mammoth...
They have a mental illness they are trying to disguise as compassion......
However it’s a free country and a fool and their money can part.....
A clone of your pet won’t be that pet. It will be a unique personality that will be different from the original.
Death of those we love is part of life. Bear the grief and find a new pet.
My wife and I are dog people and even after 17 years, we still miss her Yorkie. That said, I think the Vangemerts have more money than sense...
I think these people believe the clones will be identical in personality and knowledge......they won’t
Exactly! $50K donated to an animal shelter would be put to much better use.
The dog may look the same, but it is not the same dog.
Dogs, like people, have certain tendencies, but are also molded by their life experiences. If I cloned my Corgi, the clone might still have the herding instinct, but he will wind up living a very different life.
People are shallow about how they look at humans, placing too much emphasis on physical appearance, and not enough on the actual person. It is no surprise that many people think about animals the same way.
And I could just go out and get another Corgi for 5% of the cost.
When my cat(s) go....no more pets for me. The wife may have something to say about it, but I am done with pets for a while.
A clone is not a duplicate. Each organism is an individual, even if the genetic material is the same. Creatures are shaped by environment and experiences. Not just by genes.
Lady, go get a rescue dog from the shelter.
I also feel like it’s my job to keep the good breeders in business. Cloning seems senseless.
It’s a solid bet Amy has no children...
Why would I want to clone a cat?
One of my teenagers asked me if I was going to have the five year old (who smothers our 12 year old collie with affection) pick out our next dog. My response-what next dog?
Agreed.
I’m with you!
We have 3 old cats and I will miss them, but I want to have a pet free house after they go over the next few years. With that said, I am really glad my wife did not see this article prior to our 3-legged dog unexpectedly dying the Tuesday after Thanksgiving last November.
I would be working on a home refinance to get that idjit dog cloned...
The only cure for the sadness you feel when a pet dies is to go get another one. Providing you can care for it properly, of course.
Sorry, but the next cat I get is going to be ceramic.
It was identical twin studies of homosexual humans that put the nail in the coffin of the “born homosexual” claim - when they found so many homosexuals who's identical twin was heterosexual. (Even though our leftwing corrupted media & institutions do their best to ignore that proven truth.)
Exactly. People are just fooling themselves with this.
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