Although80%ofthepublichavestatedtheiroppositiontocloningpetanimalssuchascatsanddogscompaniesstilltrytomakeabusinessoutofsellingclonedpets.Thesepetcloningcompaniesmakeuseofthegriefofpeoplewhohavelosttheirbelovedpetsleadingthemtobelievethattheirpetscanbe"broughtbacktolife"or"copied"throughnewcloningtechnology.
Howeverthereisnoassurancethataclonedanimalwillbethevsameastheoriginalphysicallyletaloneintermsofbehaviourorper?sonality.Inadditionmorethan96percentofcloningattemptsfailandaccordingtotheCEOofonepetcloningcompany15%%ofclonedcatswilldiewithin30 days.TheRoslinInstitutewhichproducedthefirstclonedanimalpostedastate?mentonitswebsitestating"…thesupposedbenefitofcloningapetisanillusion(假象)andtheharmtotheotheranimalsinvolvedwouldbereal".”Behindeachcutepictureofaclonedcatordogliehundredsofanimalsthatwerekeptinlaboratorycagesreceivingbadtreatmentduringvariousexperiments.Forallthatyouendupwithaclonedanimalthatmayexperienceserioushealthproblems.
Whilepetcloningcompaniesarechargingcustomersupto$150000foraclonedpetmillionsofhomelessanimalsofthesamespeciesareavailableinanimalsheltersforaround$100.Unfortunatelymostoftheseanimalsarekilledfornoonebringsthemhome.
WithourNoPetCloningmovementweseektoprotectbothanimalsandpeo?plefromharm.WeworkedharduntiltheonlyUScompaniesthatsoldclonedani?malsclosedtheirdoors.CurrentlycatanddogcloningexperimentsforpetsalesareonlybeingconductedinKorea.
1.What'stheRoslinInstitute'sopiniononpetcloning?
A.TheRoslinInstitutethinksitisharmless.
B.TheRoslinInstitutethinksitcannotbeavoided.
C.TheRoslinInstitutedoesnotsupportit.
D.TheRoslinInstituterefusestomakecomments.
2.Wecanlearnfromthethirdparagraphthatthewriterthinks .
A.petsfromsheltersusuallyhavehealthproblems
B.buyingclonedpetsisawasteofmoney
C.clonedpetsarebetterthantheonesfromshelters
D.petsfromsheltersshouldbeusedforexperiments
3.TheNoPe