Cloning Endangered Species

The list of endangered species is growing at an alarming rate. The demise of many of these animals is due in part to the ever-expanding human population encroaching on their habitat. Also their numbers are also being decimated because of the mistaken belief that the eating of various body parts will endow the person eating them with the strength of the animal. Sports' hunting has also reduced their numbers.

Recently Advanced Cell Technology of Mass. was able to successfully clone an endangered Asian Guar that they named Noah. Great excitement was caused by the birth of this healthy animal. Alas, 48 hours later, due to complications not uncommon even with domestic cattle, Noah died.

This was the first reported birth of an endangered species using a domestic animal as the mother. It is hoped that more of these creatures that might perish from the face of the earth may be saved and reintroduced into the wild by the process of cloning.

Cloning is not the cure for our improper use of our animal and worldly resources, but it may help reverse some of our shortcomings.