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|September 11-17, 2008 The clone wars Dear EarthTalk: What’s the
story with animal cloning? Is the meat industry really cloning
animals now to “beef up” production? — Frank DeFazio, Sudbury,
MA Cloning has been controversial ever since Scottish scientists
announced in 1996 that they had cloned their first mammal, a
sheep they named Dolly. While Dolly lived a painful, arthritic
life and died prematurely, possibly due to the imperfections of
cloning, industry nonetheless began seeking out ways to
capitalize on the new technology. Meanwhile, critics bemoan
cloning as immoral and a potential health and safety risk, given
the as-yet-unknown consequences of eating foods generated in
this way. In January 2008, the