Based
on what argument? They are still horses. They are the exact genetic
material that is registerable in the original. They are not the same animal
- genetic _expression_ is affected by fetal development.
Regular horses
differ in environment and training. This is not a valid argument not to
accept clones for the same reason. You said that cloned animal have
serious health flaws. So do regular animals. We alleviate that by having
lots of horses to experiment with and breed out or manage things like CID or
HYPP. They only way to achieve that in cloned horses is too make the cost of
creating them cheap enough to have lots of them to work out the
problems.
Let there be light. The more knowledge we have, the more
opportunity we have. Every breed organization and equine sport should
embrace cloning. Not doing so appears to me to be sticking one's head in the
sand.
Alison A. Farrin
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ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] Shoot the Clones
I am
very happy that the Jockey Club (TB registry) and the AQHA both prohibit
registering clones. I don't know about the Arabian registry, but I would
assume they have the same regulations against cloning?
Cloned animals
have serious health flaws (not just the obvious ethical flaws!), and I
doubt that the cloned horses will perform as well as their "source." And
of course, don't forget environment and training...
Every breed
organization and equine sport should ban cloning. (I'm
serious, too.)
Carla
Richardson Colorado
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