Benefits Verses Risks
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Benefits
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Cloning can help improve bloodlines of animals
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In the future, cloning could possibly help bring back extinct species
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Cloning may be able to help endangered species
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Cloning has been brining back beloved pets to the owners who love them
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The cloning industry could create thousands of new jobs
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Cloning can help produce more food, in case of a food shortage or population boom
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Cloning has been helping bring back the best animal athletes
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Cloning animals provides research for scientists who are interested in cloning humans
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The success rate is currently very low-.3% to 1%
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The process of cloning is also very expensive
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Animal cloning would cause a lack of diversity
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Ethical issues are always a problem in the cloning industry. Many, of course, feel that cloning is playing God.
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Early death is common among animal clones
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Mutations and malformations are common in clones