Cloned Animals as Food

Cloned Animals as Food

Do you know what is in your food? We all have our choices in what we eat, for there are different likes and dislikes among people, and much variety to satisfy everyone. What we eat is an essential part of our lifestyles and should be chosen with care. There are now more advances in technology that improve the conditions of our food; however, substituting food with cloned animals is something unheard of. Many would be surprised at how cloned animals might actually become part of their diet and they wouldn’t know it. Apart from that, most people are completely oblivious of the risks that come from consuming cloned animals. Cloned animals should not be used as food because they are too weak to be good for meat and it is too expensive, yet some believe otherwise.

One important reason why cloned animals should not be consumed is that they are more vulnerable to diseases then sexually produced animals. First, these cloned animals are unhealthy from birth and die earlier then naturally produced animals. “Another 5% of cloned calves died after weaning,” which doesn’t seem bad but “compared to 3% of sexually reproduced calves” it isn’t any good either (Mendelson 1). There is too much of a difference and those that do survive; therefore, there are already faults in the cloned offspring to begin with. Second, these animals die extremely early for an animal’s life and it is almost always due to a disease. “Autopsies revealed that the clones died from a variety of maladies including liver failure, pneumonia due to weak immune systems, and cancer” (Mendelson 3). This quote shows how vulnerable these animals are and how they can’t survive through circumstances. Finally, cloned animals have health problems and can have effects on the products that come from them. In cloned animals, one has to be more delicate with them than one has to with natural animals, “even small imbalances in an animal’s hormone, protein, and fat levels could compromise the quality...