Clones = Twins

People who would like to take away your right to clone your pet claim that cloning animals is unnatural and should be outlawed. That statement is untrue and misleading. In fact, cloning happens in nature. Like clones, identical twins are two offspring that share identical genetic information. Furthermore, twinning is not limited to the human species – many species of animals, including dogs and cats, produce instances of identical twins. Thus, pet cloning is a phenomenon that occurs naturally, and pet cloning companies are merely fulfilling a demand to induce a naturally occurring process.

According to Wikipedia, the occurrence of twins is common in cats. Likewise, dogs are sometimes born in sets of twins. Although both dogs and cats are born in litters, twins are a different case. This happens when two animals of the litter are born from the same sac, meaning that they shared an egg in the womb. Humans use procedures such as in vitro fertilization and fertility treatments, implanting embryos and often causing multiple births. This is very similar to pet cloning, and is widely accepted as ethical. Technically speaking, pet cloning is creating a twin that is born later than the original. What, then, is so wrong about wanting to clone your pet?

Scientists that will clone your pet do not harm any existing animals – they simply create more animals in the images of beloved pets that unfortunately, cannot live forever. We have the technology to induce multiple births in humans, and likewise, we can create a twin of a pet by cloning animals. If a phenomenon occurs naturally and can be recreated scientifically, there is no reason to see any problem with it or to oppose it. Opponents of pet cloning should stop basing arguments on their opinions and take the facts into consideration. The process of pet cloning is ethical, and there is a consumer demand for it, so pet cloning companies provide a worthwhile service.