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OK...Now the lid is off of Pandora's box.  

Alison Farrin <Alison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Alison A. Farrin
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Sky Ranch
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 12:27 PM
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [RC] Shoot the Clones
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> 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?
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> 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...
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> Every breed organization and equine sport should ban cloning. (I'm serious,
> too.)
>
> Carla
>  Richardson
> Colorado
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