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What Happens When You Clone Your Pet
by Jill Harness - November 25, 2009 - 12:04 PM

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If you’ve ever considered cloning your pet, or even if you’re just interested in (or baffled by) the process, you’re certain to enjoy this BoingBoing article. Author Lisa Katayama uncovers the process necessary to clone her precious Ruby (pictured). The blog’s readers may recognize Ruby from the short story Ruby Was Angry.

Those who want to get their dog cloned will need to get fat and skin samples from the vet, which will then be tested for feasibility. If the test comes back positive, the samples will be sent to Korea, where they can be made into embryos and then the cloned pup will be born. Of course, the dog will be biologically similar to your animal, but as Lisa asks, will it share the same spirit?

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  1. Just like a set of twins share DNA, but aren’t the same person, a cloned dog will share the same DNA as your dog and not be the same dog. The cloning procedure is just a really, really expensive way to avoid confronting the reality of death.

    posted by Zach on 11-25-2009 at 1:02 pm

  2. Check out This American Life season 1 on Showtime for an interesting story of a man in Texas who did this with his beloved bull.

    posted by Andy on 11-25-2009 at 1:57 pm

  3. Andy-

    I was thinking of the same thing. It can also be found at thisamericanlife.org.

    posted by Leah on 11-25-2009 at 2:31 pm

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