Pet cloning: woman pays $50,000 to clone dog

i would pay the world to have a clone of my dog she is 8 and spayed so she cant have puppys but she has been tested for every thing and she has no health problems every thing is 0.0 and as she is a cross breed and ace at alility faster than a grey hound more brains than a collie won lodes of shows even though she only started agility last year i know there will be no other dog like her even her 3 year old half brother isent as good as my cassie although i love him as much as her

Wow. Science is moving really fast with this whole cloning thing. I mean, alot of animals need to be adopted, why clone a past pet? I understand why, but in the long run, we are adding more to the equation when we could be subtracting.

Not only are cloned dogs more susceptible to illness cancer and mental aberrations their life span is normally quite short and they are often nothing like the dogs they are supposed to replace.

The same as twins are often not alike then a cloned dog make look similar but depending on the behaviour and personality of the cloned pit-bull pups will be affected by outside influences such as socialisation and the surrogate mother and of course the owner..

Ms McKinney has a history of mental disorders and aberrant behaviour and has hit the news in the past as the woman who kidnapped the Mormon missionary, manacled him in mink lined handcuffs and raped him.

Her name then was Joyce McKinney and in 1978 she jumped bail in the UK and fled to America after abducting and forcing Mormon Kirk Anderson to have sex with her.

She was famously quoted as saying” I’d ski naked down Mount Everest with a carnation up my nose if he asked me”

She is a creature of strange urges and passions and possibly not the best of owners for these poor dogs.

Stan Rawlinson
Dog Behaviourist and Obedience Trainer

won't these new dogs develop cancer as well?

Some people say that they look like their dogs. I rest my case. Some people have more money than sense. And more eye makeup than sense ;-)

note that all humans, animals, etc will eventually die -Deathnote

All I can think of is the number of dogs put to sleep every day because no one will adopt them and how many could be saved using that moron's $50,000 to fund no-kill shelters.

This takes away the fact that her dog was actually special, because it will essentially live forever. Now that, is a frightening thought.

Don't just get a dog that's in a pound waiting for someone to pick him up... no just make a new one. those pound dogs just dont have the same potential... WTF

I am not amazed. We have come a long way. It is a good thing we live in this particular age because a long time ago, a woman would be subject to more scrutiny. I look at it this way: one day in the future, we will be able to shop for body parts for those gone bad. At the supermarket, "Hey Edna, let's go to the kidney isle and pick up a fresh one, this one I got is spoiled!"

Idiocy at its best, Only in Amerika, Vat a Kontry

hmmm...I dont believe in cloning pets or people.
She is probably all alone...her dog is probably her
entire life...she probably needs some counseling
of some type.
Nothing hurts worse than losing your baby..
whether is be your doggy ...kitty...it's a pain that
is so deep...maybe she just cant go there.

Even though this might be fiction or not, You could have save herself 20k quid. And it is not even the same soul of the animal, but the cloning was done to accommodate the owner, for her own self comfort.

the future is coming pretty fast these days....

This is highly irresponsible and gives the future of genetic cloning a bad name, there are good and bad uses for this sort of technology. Giving some rich maniac copies of her favorite pet is definitely not one of the good reasons.

8-l it a dog!!

you could of gave that money to cloning research.

You know how they say that people look like their pets.
Well take a second look at those two.

Ok, now in all seriousness.. why couldn't she use the 50K on a charity... say... Pet Rescue... save one of the thousands of dogs or other pets that are terminated every day because no one wanted to adopt "peanut butter" because she was 2 years old and not 2 months old... or because "Rowdy" has a limp because he was the runt and the puppy mill couldnt adopt him so now hes in the kill shelter. WHY COULDN'T she put the money toward the "Rowdy's" and "Peanut's" out there that really need it, instead of a dog that already lived a priveleged life? Or what about a "Save the Pit Bull" charity. I mean Pits are unfairly killed all the time because of their bad rap... she could be saving THOSE dogs instead of just creating more... shes not gonna WANT all five of them in the long run. Sigh.

I adopted my dog from the shelter, and he is incredible. However, he is neutered, so there for the AMAZING animal i have, i cannot have another. I would love to just have ONE miler puppy. I would clone him in an instant if i had the money. I understand they wouldnt have the same personality...But i would just love 10 more years with him...

50,000 cred? That's too damn much.

what a BITCH.

Alot of money for most folks, if I had it I'd do it, but I'd clone wife, imagine how much fun that would be.

Is it just me or does she look like shes going to kill it with that death grip. Time to fork over another 50k.

I'd totally clone my cat, Pepper, if I could. Call me a mad old (well, young) cat lady as much as you like, but my cat was the best damn animal of all time, and now she's not around any more if I could have another Pepper, or a long line of terrifying mini-versions of her, for the rest of my life I would. Yes, she lived for 20 years, so I had plenty of time with her, but I'd like more. Seriously, she's what they call irreplaceable... or she was, until this slightly crazy and ultimately unhealthy technology came along.

Way too much purple eye-shadow. You'd think with 50,000 dollars she'd buy some decent make-up.

I think people need to learn how to cope with death and move on, rather than creating cheap imitations so they can keep clinging.

that's one of the most horrifying pictures I've seen in a while! I can't tell if she's about to have lunch (like J_Jammer said) and the dog is terrified (completely understandable) or if the dog's face will be like that permanently and she's terrified at that fact.
Or maybe they are both ugly...

So now you can clone your parents and raise them as your kids?

That woman scares me. The fact that she named her dog "Booger" and then had it's clones each named "Booger" scares me. The fact that this just popped up on my computer news screen one day with no forewarning, no debate, no vote scares me.

Other than that the whole scenario is just interesting. If they can do it for animals, then humans aren't far behind...and that raises some serious issues.

to think what $50K could do for someone who actually needs it. instead we have another CA dumbass and $50K of self-absorbed feminist "heart-wrenching" (*wince*) emotional BS...what a phukn disgrace. I hope this freak gets irreparably mauled by one of her "pets"

Silvia Brown!!!!!
but i thought she could just talk to the the dead dog........?????

People starving in a world where we are paying to clone animals for our own satisfaction. Very very lame. :(

Are you sure they did'nt just clone her?

why, when we have animals put to sleep everyday, would people think this is a swell idea? even if you have the physical body of your beloved pet, the soul is sure to be different. i would just like to see a story that gives me hope... *AH!*

haha, i just realized that the puppy and the lady have the same facial expression
though, the puppy looks absolutely terrified and the lady looks ecstatic
creeeepy

this is just dumb... i mean... this is probably some loserish chick... i mean..... not to be mean.. but .. well look at her..... normal people make relationships with other people... and if that doesnt work out.. hookers.. and if tat doesnt work out.. a blend of alcohol and cannabis... either way.. if your that desperate to no be alone that you spend $50 000 to clone a pet that i assume died... u just suck... k like how do you not learn to move on....i mean sure the "orginal" liked you.. which is probably not true.. (b/c dogs cant really say... i hate you leave me alone... i mean they can just act cute to gt food or something.. hey you never know)..... but the new ones.. there is no way in hell that all of them are going to like her.... put it in perspective.... imagine you had 5 brothers that looked exactly like you... you would be pissed off when you found out that on them had sex your gf b/c she couldnt tell the difference...realistically,.. it would just be a competition for uniqueness... they'd be mad puppies......

Messed up.

Whack... too expensive, plus, you should get used to things dying, it happens to everything.

I really hate people that waste money, probably because I have none to waste. However, she is among the growing percentage of rich folk out there who can dream something up and have it done/made/cloned, while finally achieving her other dream of 5 minutes of fame.

Good job Booger Wrinkles!

Is there nothing better this woman has to spend her money on?

this honestly shows humanity's obsession with the past, with what 'once was'. We are so afraid of moving on, so afraid that we will forget that thing/person, so afraid we can NOT live without that thing/person, that it has come to this-cloning puppies so that she never has to be without her beloved memory.
it's a bit sad, and it feeds that addiction with the past.
i wonder whats next...

When can we start cloning children? We could keep the spares in a closet in case we lose one at an airport ... oh that's another story.

cool. some people take the term, "cloning" too literally though. They aren't exact copies. They are just organisms produced from the same hereditary material of another specimen.

Cloning creates a identical physical clone, NOT a personality clone. She does not have 5 times her dog at all. She has 5 times the genetic material.

Silly.

Someone should remind this narcisistic woman that there are probably about 10,000 children starving and being mistreated in Orange County alone (currently also being ignored by attendees to the lovely ode to narcisism called the Crystal Cathedral), that could have benefited so much from half the $$ she spent on her idiocy.

Although I do think that this lady has way to much time on her hands. she obviously loved this dog and weather or not she actually got her dog back she seems to be extreamly happy. Also I find it interesting that the article doesn't say anything about the other cloned pups. All I have to say is at least this women didn't spend her money on some sort of hand bag. she gave it to science which i think may very well better our way of life.

I am very active in dog rescue. There are sooo many dogs that are put to sleep because there just arent enough homes for them. The shelters have more Pitbulls in them than any other breed. She should have adopted one of them for the $50 adoption fee and donated the rest of the money to the shelter! I hope that she at least spays and neuters all of them!

People with 50,000 grand to blow on reincarnating wish bone are usually so far from reality, trying to speak reason and logic to them is utterly futile.

Am I the only one that thinks this lady and booger look awefuly alike?

We human beings have the most astonishing capacity for narcissism and waste... to think that someone actually spent that much money to clone a pet makes me sad inside... I guess there are no starving children where this lady is from... but, you know, cute dog...

Why would you do this? Get another dog. It's the same thing.

Wait no it's not. It's way fucking cheaper.

ummmmm. what do i even have to say about this woman. that is one crazy b*tch. haha i hope those scientists took her money and just gave her some other random dogs and went out to buy some nice loafers. dont think she would be able to tell. plus the dog she was actually attached to is still the dog she lost. she didnt bring booger back from the dead(although i must commend her one some fine name choices)

wtf? I just dont understand. Why would you want five copies of the same dog?...you wouldn't even be able to tell them apart.. Plus there are millions of dogs in shelter's waiting to be adopted in time before the shelter feels like their taking up space and need to be put down. I just wanna smack this women.

I would clone my dog for any price.

so now she can look forward to 5 more of her dogs dying of cancer

Genes don't dictate personalities. She has just wasted so much money it's unreal.

The world as we know it is slowly but surely coming to an end. In addition to cloning pets a company know as Clonaid claims they can make replicas of you or whoever you know for price.

Now children,can you say "6th Day"?

For more info check out this companies website @ www.clonaid.com

She looks like she's about to have lunch.

That woman looks unappealing

i think you should get a new pet and make new memories with that one...leave the past behind you, as good as it was...

this is so wrong.

Lol, next thing you know they'll be cloning McCain just to be sure there would be one left to finish his second term!

Even though many humans speculate on on the ethics of cloning, the rate of innovation and advancement of the science during the past 15 years has been amazing to witness.

Would you ever consider cloning a dog or any other pet or do you think this is just insane? for 50 grand sure let me go to my money tree and make a withdrawl... on a side note did she get a free copy of pet cemetary with that?

This is so wrong on so many levels.

That's a scary picture - the puppy looks horrified. The problem I have with all this is that the pups won't be loved for themselves so much as for what they were created from.. It's just turning them into products for mess consumption.