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You might remember the buzz over cloning when Dolly the Sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell, was born in 1996.
Fast forward two decades and cloning technology has moved on so much that you can now clone your pets.
But, animal cloning is still controversial and critics have raised ethical concerns about the wellbeing of donors and surrogates.
The success rate of a cloned embryo is relatively low and complications during the cloning process can cause pain and suffering to the animals involved.
This video is from BBC Click, the BBC’s flagship technology programme and was made in collaboration with BBC Reel.
Video by Claudia Baxter and Tristan Vince
Executive producer: Camelia Sadeghzadeh
Reporter: Stephanie Hegarty
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@noclicheplease
"But realistically could there ever be another Zeus?", that answers it.
@callicordova4066
Cherish the memories with your deceased pet and adopt a shelter pet.
@BowserLucaTheThird
How to hold back evolution. The clones of clones will be VHS quality.
@johnspreadborough2614
What are they like. Once again, we have people making fortunes out of hreat tugging strings of those who have lost a beloved pet.
Why can't we strive for something more rewarding.
What with vets charging mega bucks based on sorrow.
I just believe we could put all the technology to better use for the world 😢
@michaelblanco8099
It’s just inaccurate. They’re not exact copies
@nickman002
This is fucked up
@colorbugoriginals4457
if i lost my beloved pet and had 50k to blow on a new one, it'd be going to shelters and rescues on the search for them 🙁
@Meditations2024
I loved my dog more than life itself, but I'd never clone him. I had him cremated so no one else could either.
The clone wouldn't be my dog, but a facsimile of him. My dog wasn't simply the product of genes, but the experiences of his life.
The same way identical twins aren't the same person, so too clones will never be the same as those they were cloned from.
This is a lesson those who clone animals have learned…
@HorrorSFManiac
This is a very questionable report. How is the surrogate mom being treated? What about all the puppies / kittens that are killed because they have genetic defects and the client doesn't want them?
@seshkia6004
Don't do it. Cloned pets seem to have no soul. Every dog i owned in my life is amazing in its own way. No need to stick to the exact same pet forever.
@warehousing2953
In the future, dog clones pet human with 10~20 yrs old lifespan 😆
@JimmyTimmy-wh8dz
Pet cloning equals human cloning
@bereal6590
NO NO NO NO AND NO!
@sihr07
Cloning a pet has to be the most selfish act I’ve heard until now
@sihr07
We have made hell on earth for animals, then we abandon scores on the street..and now we selfishly clone them…How stupid are human beings?
@user-bi8ko7kc6h
I love my cat and he’s gone. Even if I had the money I still wouldn’t clone one. Clone living animals to ‘replace’ the original one is disrespectful to both of them.
@DoFeedThePigeons
The world these globalist live in
@oletramekaf5603
Bizarre. Simply bizarre.
@rashidabaakza8554
Wow this science is interesting and incredible for pet lovers. But the pets involved for cloning(surrogacy) look like a very painful procedure for successful attempts.
@martabarbeau
No matter what you try to do in creating a duplicate, you cannot duplicate a soul, and all animals come from the angelic realm. They are sentient beings. How sad we have arrived at this point. When your beloved pet passes on, adopt one of the many cast aside, unwanted and heartbroken fur babies, and give them a loving home.
@GalacticTradingPost
I thought it was crazy that people would pay a thousands of dollars for a purebred dog and then thousands more dollars its first year to get it professionally trained.
But this is next level crazy.
@e.h.4933
This plus AI is how we end up with the Butlerian Jihad from Dune….
@AldrianCG
People with money are really, really dumb… and clearly have issues.
@GideonJoseph7898
Great video!!I wish all the mothers worldwide a lovely and peaceful Mothering Sunday but God has been faithful so far ❤️, My family are happy once again and I can now afford anything for my family even with my Retirement. $57k weekly returns has been life changing, after so much struggles.
@eliferen9003
Sometimes, as a human, I feel like I have serious questions about what are we aiming to achieve?
@SMALLAXE.
"I am not rich by any means" then immediately spends 50k cloning her cat fecking first world problems
@SMALLAXE.
This is absolute bollocks she is imprinting her own feelings about the cat so imagining it's the same characteristics of her old cat because that's what her brain wants to believe she said herself different colour and shape also I was adopted so I know from first hand experience that nature trumps nature/DNA every time therefore the cats character is a product of it's environment/kitten years
@mizuhokusuha
Why ?
Their essence (not their soul – I don't believe in it) is gone, only the memories you have are left behind. Why desecrate it? It isn't same pet, why not adopt instead?
@rebekahlittle2131
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@aavvcc
Rich people will make supply and demand out of the weirdest things.
@janreid1629
What if…when your pet dies you go get a new pet from your local animal rescue centre!!
@boris8787
Would never be allowed in my nature town.
@smallies7154
nice scam they have going. RIP my best friend Smallies. i cant replace you and im not trying to bring you back as some Frankenstein monster
@Choraldiscourse
Just because we can doesn't mean we should