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milk for use by humans.( Marquand Internet)

Aside from the human development and medical research values of cloning, there stands the idea that cloning could be used to save endangered species. Recently, at the Louisville zoo, a horse gave birth to a zebra. This ended the debate concerning the possibilities of interspecies birth (Reibstein 59). In light of this breakthrough, cloning would be useful in bringing back lost species or increase populations of threatened animals. For example, the passenger pigeon is now extinct. Despite no living birds, preserved specimens do exist in museums. Because it takes one cell and a similar species it would be possible to implant a cloned embryo into a common pigeon. Although, the success rate of cloning is very low, if it improves and is applied it could be compared to the biblical belief of Genesis.

Cloning has a very good chance of becoming part of our every day lives. The cloning of animals and plants for agriculture is likely to affect most people. If a farmer has a cow that produces more milk than all of his other cows, he could have that cow cloned. The cloned cow would contain all the characteristic of the abundant milk producer. The milk from the colne would find its way to grocery stores all across the country. The same would hold true for beef cattle except the meat could be made healthier for human consumption. Herds of cloned high milk yielding and leaner beef cattle are only the beginning. Plants are not exempt from cloning, but they do lack the ethical concerns. Cloned farm produce could be made resistant to diseases and flourish in new climates.

It has often been said that man was never intended to fly- that it was only a feat for the birds. But now flights only opposition comes from personal fears and superstitions. Cloning has the potential to produce benefits much greater than flying ever could. Many instruments of destruction are manufactured daily and are capable of killing millions. These deadly devices pass into society unnoticed; yet the power to recreate life receives relentless bombardment. Cloning is too young- it’s still a growing procedure. Cloning should not be banned. Because cloning is still developing, it is difficult to predict the direction it is going. If cloning is banned, there will be no telling what could be lost. There are many medical and research producers that are just becoming available because of cloning. A final scenario; at the funereal of a lost child, tears of grief are stifled as a young mother is handed a reassuring business card. The card reads “Human Cloning: Specializing in Unexpected Infant Death”.

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Newsweek. 10 March 1997: 58-59.

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