Cloning in my eyes is very sick and twisted. Essays - Biology

Cloning in my eyes is very sick and twisted. Cloning causes severe animal suffering. Despite years of research, over 95% of cloning attempts fail, even with extensive veterinary intervention. Birth defects, physiological impairments, illness, and premature death continue to be the norm, not the exception, with cloning. Seemingly healthy clones have unexpectedly developed problems. Problems occur with cloning far more often than with any other method of reproduction. Large Offspring Syndrome, a typically fatal condition associated with a host of abnormalities, occurs in over 50% of cow clones, but in fewer than 6% of conventionally bred animals. Hydrops , another typically fatal condition in which the animal swells with fluid, occurs in 28% of cow clones, but very rarely otherwise. A high rate of late-term pregnancy loss, pregnancy complications, painful labor , and surgical intervention is unique to clone pregnancies. Cloning animals shows us what might happen if we try to clone humans. What have these animals taught us about the risks of cloning?