World's first cloned cat has kittens

[kittycats_delight]

And once again we have idiots playing God.

I don't even want to get into all the things I could say about this.

[Catty1]

Great....deliberately producing kittens in the name of science when so many are put to sleep due to lack of homes.

Not the babies' fault - they are cute.

But some stoopid humans....sheesh!

[moosmom]

Great....deliberately producing kittens in the name of science when so many are put to sleep due to lack of homes

And once again we have idiots playing God.

I don't even want to get into all the things I could say about this

I echo your thoughts, girls.

Although they are cute and it's not their fault, more shelter kitties will die because frenzied people wanting a "cloned" kitten will stand in line just for the bragging rights. Makes me ill.

[Miss Z]

What I want to know is : Why the hell are these scientists messing around cloning cats, which proves nothing other than it is do-able, rather than trying to put cloning to good use, eg. using it to rescue a few species from the brink of extinction? It mentioned the African cats in the report so I see it as a little bit of a waste of time to be cloning and then breeding from cloned domestic kitties.

[Lady's Human]

The successful reproduction from a clone proves that there was no genetic damage to the cat when they cloned her.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

The successful reproduction from a clone proves that there was no genetic damage to the cat when they cloned her.

Yes, exactly.

I think cloning is a wonderful area of research...we are already benefiting from genetically modified foods. The hope is that one day, we can clone tissues and organs to save lives and provide transplants to people who need them. I think this page is a good resource about cloning: Cloning fact sheet

[Argranade]

Know what,

I'm sick and tired of this so all I'm going to say is,

The kittens are so cute & the humans are nuts once again,

Cross breeding, cloning ect .. people just keep doing it and I'm tired of telling and thinking it's wrong because no matter what it will keep happening unless God grabs those weird people and sticks them on planet ''No Brains'' forever .. and of course NO animals would be on that planet for them to hunt or study on.

[#1Wolflover]

Yes, exactly.

I think cloning is a wonderful area of research...we are already benefiting from genetically modified foods. The hope is that one day, we can clone tissues and organs to save lives and provide transplants to people who need them. I think this page is a good resource about cloning: Cloning fact sheet

yeah bones and tissues are body parts, why clone an animal though whats that gonna save? instead it will allow animals in sheltors to be put down because everyone wants theres cloned after it dies.

[Giselle]

The successful reproduction from a clone proves that there was no genetic damage to the cat when they cloned her.

Not necessarily. Dolly gave birth to six lambs in her lifetime, but she was euthanised around 6 years of age due to an irreversible infection in her lungs. At age 5, she had shown abnormal symptoms of aging and became arthritic and overweight. It's worthy to note that most sheep don't show signs of aging until about 10 years of age. Successful reproduction only proves that they are capable of reproducing. But it doesn't prove their overall genetic health and/or longevity.

ETA: Oh yeah and the cat giving birth to kittens thing... If this eventually leads scientists to successful human therapeutic cloning, then I say kudos to the cloned cat. If not, stop playing God for goodness sakes!

[#1Wolflover]

I'm not exactly sure why people want to clone animals, I mean whats the purpose? And why clone when you can go to a local sheltor and adopt a perfectly good kitten?

[lvpets2002]

Thank you Michelle.. It just makes me sick with all the sickness we have out there That all these Lab Rats can do is too Clone Everything.. Also dont we Have Enough Wittle FurrPurr Babies out there begging for homes.. Oh Great this happened in Texas & none other than Tx AM

And once again we have idiots playing God.

I don't even want to get into all the things I could say about this.

[Lady's Human]

So you're willing to swear off any medical cures found through this research?

[#1Wolflover]

So you're willing to swear off any medical cures found through this research?

then if its sooooooo important why don't people try it on themselves? let me guess safety precautions?

[Giselle]

then if its sooooooo important why don't people try it on themselves? let me guess safety precautions?

Hee hee. The debate over *human* cloning is even greater than animal cloning. Besides, you'll be hard pressed to further human therapeutic cloning with the current government funding and aged stem cell lines.

[Lady's Human]

Cloning and stem cell research are two different areas of science. While they interrelate to a point, they are not identical.