The company warns pet owners that the cloned version of their pet won't be the same as the original, and that includes personality. While it may be expensive to clone your pet now in the early stages of the technology, the company claims the cost may come down to the price of a new car. While this statement may sound reasonable at face value, the rationale behind the project is absurd. The opinions I personally share about the perils of cloning come from my position as a scientist currently working in a biomedical laboratory doing research towards a doctoral degree. Through my educuation I have gained extensive knowledge in various aspects of genetics, and I state this to add credibility to my following thoughts and advice on the issue of cloning.
Humans are at the verge of a major evolutionary change.
We are developing the ability to alter nature. Perhaps it is our destiny to begin shaping our surroundings to such a degree as to forever change the world. Some may say this is evolution - we are the most cerebrally developed species on the planet and this is only the next step for us to take. However, unlike the natural evolution of a trait such as the transposable thumb over which we had no direct control, we are consciously capable of making the decision of whether or not to alter the course of nature. I do not think we are ready to take the power of nature into our own hands.