When my cat passes, i will bury her and mourne her lose, and likely eventually get a new different cat. The new cat could never replace the old cat, and placing that expectation on the new one is just cruel.
Get a new pet sure, but love it for its own uniqueness.
I agree with the sentiment but I don't think the cat is going to get a complex about it.
If it meant that the owners didn't treat it well or neglected it, that would be bad.
Like when people get a puppy, but put it up for adoption after it grows up and isnt a cute puppy anymore. Similar kind of risk if the clone puppy doesnt grow up to be a facsimile of the original.
I don't really see any issue with it for this purpose. Granted its a rich persons thing.
Me neither. It kinda makes me wonder if the whole pet thing is just a way to popularize and fund research for arguably better uses of the technology. Not to bring capitalism into it, but definitely bringing capitalism and headline-seeking science into it.
For another perspective:
Yeah. I remember there was a thing about doing trials on drugs before people with pets because they live in our same environment encountering the same things.
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