I don’t know if I want to open up the cloning debate. But, this story is kind of weird. No, really weird…
Booger (pronounced boo-ger) the deceased pit bull, now lives on thanks to his “mom” who saved his tissue samples in 2006 and recently had him cloned. Bernann McKinney (that’s boo-ger’s mom) has an interesting hope for the future of our world, “I dream of the day when everyone can clone their pet.” I’ve lost 2 dogs who I whole-heartedly felt were my best friends. But, I have no desire to spend $150,000 (a piece) to bring in awkward imposters to replace them. I feel that cloning the shell of my passed pets would never bring in that same soul; there would be new life experiences for that animal, it would be a new dog, a different dog- it would just look eerily similar.
Have you seen the movie Multiplicity? I’m just worried that cloning will make life even more weird…
What are your thoughts? Is that the real Booger, back from the dead? Do the Booger copies lose some integrity in their DNA- resulting in sub-par Boogers?
Breathe in, Peace out…
Aimee
Not delving into the debate, but this woman was already batshiat insane before this whole cloning thing:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-sns-joyce-mckinney-cloned-dogs-hostage-ht,0,1633087.story
She’s now acknowledged that the rumors are true, and she was formerly Joyce McKinney.
Totally weird.
Hilarious story! What a weird twist this one took. I’m a bit surprised she has yet to clone her missionary friend…
Umm crazy story this was. How hilarious that this comes out and she is recognized as the infamous Joyce McKinney. I love how she denies it but then comes back to say she is. This would all be fine and good if she hadn’t been recognized by being the star of this strange cloning experiment.