"Snuppy"

[Iilo]

I don't understand why you people won't get it through your skulls that this animal WAS NOT CLONED FROM A DEAD ANIMAL.

SNUppy was cloned for scientific research, not to reanimate someone's deceased pet.

[Roxyluvsme13]

i know that! but still i mean thats good for research but when people are gonna spend that much money to clone their pet its WRONG....and its still kinda wrong that they even cloned from a living animal!

[grybai]

I don't see what's so wrong with cloning the dog... He was cloned to replace a lost pet but for scientific purposes and it sounds like he's being well taken care of. Cloning is very important for scientific and medical research.

Now, all the people who are now jumping to clone their pets... personally that just seems kind of weird. After putting my dog Dewey to sleep after only having him for a couple weeks, I started browsing petfinder for a new dog but I immediatly vetoed anything that looked a little like him. To have one that looked exactly like him would just be much too creepy.

[lbaker]

This is NOT about "cloning" a pet that will bring "yours" back. This is SCIENCE. Not to reproduce a "PET". It's to find the genetic similarities between species and find what may be involved in finding a basis for the genetic illness nasties that invade a humans', or animals'.. system. We are not talking about Frankenstein here. We are talking science and medicine. This has been going on for centuries! Each century has given us progress. Can you spell P-R-O-G-R-E-S-S?

edit here - I am sorry, I truly don't mean to sound this nasty. I will shut up now. I am sorry if I offended anyone...

[Pawsitive Thinking]

There are more productive things to spend money on than finding a cure for Parkinson's? I'm sorry. Perhaps you should've met my grandfather when he was alive.

My Dad died from Parkinsons 5 months ago so don't you dare use that tactic........................................I am entitled to my opinion without getting abuse from you