Also Watch Out For…
ClOnInG
Cloning raises fundamental issues around the
ethics of eating.
Cloning is not the same as genetic engineering. Cloning is a repro-
ductive technique that makes a genetically identical copy of a plant or
animal, bypassing normal sexual reproduction. Cloning is used along
with genetic engineering to reproduce genetically modified organisms.
Currently, many animals considered commercially useful are
cloned. the question this raises is, even if we can do this, should we?
Critics say cloning is unethical, unnecessary and unsafe.
“dolly,” a sheep, was the first cloned farm animal. she lived from
1996 to 2003 and remains a symbol of what can go wrong. the Center
for food safety reports that, “more than 90 percent of cloning attempts
fail, and cloned animals that are born have more health problems and
higher mortality rates than sexually reproduced animals.”
Carol tucker foreman, director of food policy at the Consumer
federation of america, adds that cloned animals have higher rates of
birth deformities. Cloning creates untold suffering for animals sacrificed
in the process, and the defects in the animals can affect the meat and
milk products they produce.
regardless, in september 2008, the fda approved the sale of meat
and milk from cloned animals for human consumption. since the gov-
ernment does not require that it be labeled as such, consumers will not
be able to refuse it at the supermarket.
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the Center for food safety, which has sued the food and drug ad-
ministration to stop approval of food from cloned animals, summarizes
the issue at
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Centerforfoodsafety.org/pubs/fact%20sheet.pdf and Centerf or-
foodsafety.org/cloned_animals.cfm.
animal rights, humane organizations and the union of Concerned
scientists question many aspects of animal cloning. as a starting point,
see aavs.org/images/cloningfactsheet.pdf and ucsusa.org/news/press_
release/scientists-say-cloning.html.
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