ATTACK OF THE CLONES
playing dog.
I just read a news
item at MSNBC about a California woman who sold her house and paid
$50,000 of the proceeds to a South Korean biotech firm that produced five clones
of Booger, her dead pit bull. I dream of the day, she said, when
everyone can afford to clone their pet because losing a pet is a terrible,
terrible loss to anyone.
I know what she means about losing a pet. But I also know that pets and their personalities are more than just the sum total of their genetic codes. And I dream of the day when those clones turn on her, and attack, and teach her -- and, by extension, all of us -- a valuable lesson in the perils of building dog and playing God.
I know what she means about losing a pet. But I also know that pets and their personalities are more than just the sum total of their genetic codes. And I dream of the day when those clones turn on her, and attack, and teach her -- and, by extension, all of us -- a valuable lesson in the perils of building dog and playing God.
Posted: Tue - August 5, 2008 at 01:20 PM
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