Monday, October 13, 2008

cow cloning

In the following article,I read about the cloning of cows. There are pros and cons regarding this situation. I personally believe that it is a bad idea. The reason why I believe it is a bad idea is because cows are made for a reason and they are supposed to be individual. Not one is alike and personally if someone wanted to clone me, I wouldn't want to be cloned. It is this basic ethical reason that I do not believe in cloning. Cloned cows have a tendency to die right after birth. It is not fair to make a cow give birth only to have their baby die.The cows are meant to all be unique and the whole idea of having two or more of the same cow is strange. Also, they are not using the cows for food, but for breeding reasons and I honestly don't see the reason for that. There are positives, but I don't think it's worth it because of the negatives. One of the positives is for the farmer to have more cows and more milk. Secondly to produce breeding stock. Third is for the meat. My point is, that personally, I think there are stronger negatives in this situation and that it really isn't worth the trouble just to have more meat and milk and since it goes against most moral standards. The cows that don't get cloned, and are not as perfect aren't going to have as much of a purpose and I would hate to have them killed just because their genes are not as good as the clones genes.Thanks for reading hope you agree!

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