Cloning pets is becoming more and more popular, even American football star Tom Brady recently admitted his dog was cloned. He did it with Viagen, a company based in the US.
In the UK, cloning for commercial purposes is not allowed, however Gemini Genetics in the UK collects samples of animals and sends them to Viagen for cloning. Viagen say 30-40% of their clients are from the UK.
However, the Roslin Institute that cloned Dolly the Sheep told Sky News they don’t do any more cloning because “it is not efficient”.
Should people be allowed to clone their pets and bring them into the UK?
Sky News investigates what would happen if someone decided to clone their pet, talking to the people who went through the process, interviewing the companies who are doing it and the activists who opposed it.
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