For Thess (Champion Race Horse Cloned)

[nobody]

I thought you would find this interesting. I was about to post it in the sports section but thought this had potential for debate.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=676429

CREMONA, Italy Apr 16, 2005 — Italian scientists have reported cloning a horse for the second time, a new foal created from the DNA of a throroughbred Arabian gelding that was twice world endurance champion

interesting side note:

The Italian scientists used DNA from skin cells taken from the former champion, employing the same technique used in cloning Dolly the sheep in Britain. Dolly was euthanized in 2003 after she contracted a common livestock disease and her cells showed signs of premature aging.

I personally don't see anything wrong with cloning as long as it's used for good and not evil. But, this could be argued that it isn't fair as far as competition goes.

discuss

[Xzion]

how is it not fair?
some people cant afford to buy a 12 million horse, and there 2 thousand dollar horse cant win any races...dont see how this scenario is any different

[valryte]

If I paid 12 mil for a champion horse, if you want to clone it, it better fucking cost you 12 mil to clone!

[Thess]

Interesting!