When one American woman recently welcomed into the world several clones of her deceased pit bull Booger in Korea I was not sure what to think. Was this a good idea or a terrible idea? Is it a "Whatever makes her happy" situation or is bringing new, and cloned, puppies into the world careless due to the amount of homeless pets there already are?

I personally would not want to clone my pet. I have loved each and every pet that I have ever had. When they passed, I was extremely sad. There are even days that I miss their company and think about what it would be like to have them by my side again.

When my cat died at the age of nearly 15 I was very upset. I was 15, she was 15...I never knew what it was like to not have her around. She lived a long, fulfilling, and happy life though. We took care of her and spoiled her. She was old when she passed and when she did, I celebrated the long and happy life that she had. Now she's in a better place, passing peacefully from a world where nothing is permanent, even a life.

A spirit is singular and cloning her could have never brought back the same cat, maybe physically but never mentally. I love my cat now and when she passes I will celebrate her life also, not by cloning but in memory.

So the question now remains: would you clone your pet if money were not an issue?

I completely agree with Lalinda. I think cloning a pet is basically giving the death sentence to all the homeless animals out there in need of adoption. Though it would be nice to bring back your little friend, it would be much more fulfilling to give a needy animal a good home. Even if you did clone your pet, there is no guarantee it would have the same personality as the original one. With life comes death. Even though it may be hard to deal with at times, you should just cherish the memories of your lost pet and move on. By giving a homeless pet a second chance you will be saving its life, and not just contributing to the vast number of unwanted pets that we have in this country.

This woman paid $50,000 to clone this dog, $50,000 that could have gone to the care and well-being of countless homeless animals in the U.S.  Instead, we now have five identical pit bulls.  Simply put, this choice was irresponsible.

I think it's ridiculous how much money people are willing to blow away on dumb things. Not only could the money be used to help animals and people that were born NATURALLY, but there is no possible way of cloning personality or a soul. You can take my DNA and clone me right now and I PROMISE YOU my clone will not act like me. Personality is a character trait that is learned through interaction between an individual and society. I am who I am because of who raised me and who I have interacted with up to now. Furthermore, I find it selfish to cheat the most constant and inflexible rule of life, death, for one's own satisfaction. We live, we die; those are the rules. Life is precious because it is limited. If we lived forever, our time with one another would not be special.

This person who spent $50,000.00 on such a selfish and impulsive procedure should be made to work in a different shelter everyday for month to open up her eyes. I have adopted ALL my pets except the exotic ones, and I wish I could adopt more. When they are gone, like those before them, I will miss and treasure their company, and I will celebrate the happy life they lived at my side.

I agree that this incident was a completely selfish way of fulfilling one's own exigency.  The $50,000 she spent could have gone to a scholarship, an animal shelter, property for a new dog park, or even a new car would have been okay.  Instead, she decided to commemorate the dead by creating a new life. I mean if I were dead and cloned, I couldn't help but feel a little disrespected. It's like this person was saying that a life is completely disposable and can be replaced. If I were this particular person's pit, I'd come back to haunt her.

I agree that the money could have been spent on a better cause, but the woman has the right to spend her money as she wants. My biggest concern is for the clone Booger. When scientists first cloned Dolly, she developed several diseases associated with aging. Has this company worked out a way to prevent the problems caused by cellular aging? I also think it would be interesting to follow-up on clone Booger in a couple of years to tease apart those aspects of his personality that are similar to and different from the original Booger.