Here, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty,Kitty - Essay Example

Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty Tabouli and Baba Ganoush are no ordinary kittens. They are the clones of Tahini, a Bengal Cat using an improvised and safer cloning technique called chromatin transfer. David Magnus, Director of Center of Biomedical Ethics says that overlooking the shortcomings of cloning, people have already signed up to clone their pets. “Cloning is neither a simple nor a guaranteed procedure” (Donald C. Beitz, Departments of Animal Science and Biochemistry, Iowa State University, Ames).

Scientists at Roslin Institute cloned a sheep, and thus Dolly was born, however in just a few years “Dolly was euthanized because she was suffering from a number of health conditions” ( Wilmut Et al,Cloning Handbook, Roslin Institute). But, researchers lost no hope and successfully cloned a number of other animals including mice, rabbits, guinea pigs, pigs, dogs, horses etc. Questions have been raised about the ethical issue of cloning humans and it was totally banned. Biomedical scientists argue that cloning “helps to understand molecular mechanisms and can be used for therapeutic purposes” ( I .

Wilmut; Cloning for Medicine, 2007). Wildlife biologists and geneticists are already trying to clone cheetah which is on the verge of extinction. They say that cloning will help in conservation issues. Government of in most countries have pointed out that cloning destroys the very identity of a person while researchers say that cloning is a boon. Nicky was the first cat to be cloned from a dead cat for its grieving owner but when it comes to cloning a dead child ethical issues are raised and thus cloning remains a debatable issue.

WORKS CITEDLeon R. Kass, James Q Wilson, “The Ethics Of Human cloning” (1998).John Harris, “Journal of Medical Ethics” (1997, page 353-360) I.Wilmut, “Cloning for medicine”