An American woman decided to have her dead kitten cloned at the age of 5, but a storm broke out from her story given the exorbitant amount that was spent on cloning the animal. One of the criticisms was leveled by PETA which responded to a social video posted by the owner
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him
After losing her beloved cat Chai in 2017, an American woman named Kelly Anderson told a veterinarian friend of the sad event and he proposed to her. have her cat clone to have one exactly the same in appearance.
And so the woman after much reflection and in agreement with the veterinarian had decided to contact the ViaGen Pets agency based in Texas which defines itself as the leader in the sector of animal cloning and reproductive technology, sponsoring biopsy kits on the site. of genetic conservation “to take the first, time-critical step”, as they are keen to emphasize.
Four years later and at the unimaginable cost of $ 25.000, the woman got a copy of her cat, which she named Belle, sharing the photos and the particular story on social media. Belle is exactly like Chai except in her personality that she appears totally different from the previous feline.
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They have some basic character traits that are somewhat similar. As if they were very bold, sassy cats, this could be due to the breed though. But Belle is a completely different cat "
said Kelly Anderson, to whom the ViaGen experts had however explained that the appearance of the cat would not have changed a hair, but for the character they could not guarantee anything since each animal develops its own personality based on external factors.
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Its story has raised quite a few controversies from the animal rights world, since cloning is a subject of strong controversy both from the ethical point of view and on the welfare of the animals given the anomalies that can occur during the process. Not to mention the full business that this process - which ViaGen defines as “exciting” - feeds.
Even PETA has expressed itself harshly on the matter, contesting the woman of foster a counter-current trend that does not raise awareness of adoption, but which on the contrary encourages pet owners to spend exorbitant amounts for copies rather than turning to a kennel or cattery where thousands of animals await a new family in hope, dying many times in a cage without knowing its affection or being asleep forever according to the laws in force in the country, including the United States which still practices euthanasia in kennels and shelters.
As had also happened in other cases of cloning, the association and other bodies have made it clear that the pain of the loss of the beloved animal is absolutely not criticized, but the choice of spending time and money in a laboratory experiment in order to have a clone of the previous four-legged friend. PETA also recalls that there is so much suffering behind the history of this reproductive technology and the outcome is uncertain. Suffice it to say that Dolly the sheep was the only one who survived in 277 attempts.
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