Kelowna woman gets 2 successful clones of her dead cat

There is debate in the science community on whether cloning animals is ethical, according to bioethicist Kerry Bowman.After two years and four failed attempts, a ragdoll cat that belonged to a Kelowna, B.C., woman has been successfully cloned.Stewart said she sent Bear's DNA to ViaGen, a Texas-based pet cloning company, after he died at the age of five in a traffic accident in January 2022.

Stewart said four embryo transfers failed before Bear Bear and Honey Bear were born. She said the process cost her about $50,000 in total. He said there are also risks to the mothers carrying the clones, and the rates of miscarriages and stillbirths for clones is high.ViaGen said in an email statement to CBC News that it has thousands of clients worldwide, including about a dozen in Canada.Bowman said he can understand the desire to clone a cherished lost pet, but warned that clones will not be exactly the same as the original.

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