# Would you mind eating cloned meat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 9, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-mind-eating-cloned-meat/462816 "2008-09-09T18:29:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-mind-eating-cloned-meat/462816/41 "2008-09-10T04:35:37Z")
> [@Indistinguishable](#): > > Why would cloning lead to more bald eagles in a way which, say, bald eagle farming would not? I mean, as I understand it, it’s not a magical duplication process; it’s just surrogate birth, with some fancy stuff done beforehand to ensure genetic similarity. Some species don’t breed well in captivity. I know at one point they were having a hell of a time trying to increase the California condor population in captivity; not sure if that’s still going on or not. And some species, like pandas, just don’t seem to like fuckin’ all that much. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-mind-eating-cloned-meat/462816/42 "2008-09-10T04:37:19Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Some species don’t breed well in captivity. I know at one point they were having a hell of a time trying to increase the California condor population in captivity; not sure if that’s still going on or not. And some species, like pandas, just don’t seem to like fuckin’ all that much. I don’t know why it is that artificial insemination doesn’t help with preserving those species, but whatever the reason is, I suppose it would apply equally well to cloning. ---
**Author:** ![CutterJohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@CutterJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CutterJohn)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-mind-eating-cloned-meat/462816/43 "2008-09-11T05:21:58Z")
> [@Indistinguishable](#): > > I don’t know why it is that artificial insemination doesn’t help with preserving those species, but whatever the reason is, I suppose it would apply equally well to cloning. I believe the main hurdle is that its illegal to domesticate most species, so even if they did respond well, it wouldn’t work because they couldn’t be sold for meat. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-mind-eating-cloned-meat/462816/44 "2008-09-11T23:05:17Z")
> [@bannerrefugee](#): > > Cloned animals are more prone to abnormalities presumably cloned people would be too. This is from the European Food Safety Authority… We’re also far more comfortable with euthanizing animals with severe abnormalities than we are with euthanizing children with severe abnormalities. ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-mind-eating-cloned-meat/462816/45 "2008-09-12T03:03:23Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > We’re also far more comfortable with euthanizing animals with severe abnormalities than we are with euthanizing children with severe abnormalities. Off topic a bit Originally Posted by Lobohan More likely they’re afraid that when cloned babies are normal and healthy, people will take it as evidence that the soul and god don’t exist. ---
**Author:** ![monavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-mind-eating-cloned-meat/462816/46 "2008-09-13T11:11:30Z")
We raised sheep and most of our ewes had twins ans one had triplets they are natural clones so anyone who eats lamb is eating cloned meat. There was a time in history that people thought the tomato was poisonous. Monavis ---
**Author:** ![lekatt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lekatt/32/7269_2.png) [@lekatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lekatt)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-mind-eating-cloned-meat/462816/47 "2008-09-13T11:54:06Z")
The paragraph below is shown in the linked article in the OP. I don’t know how accurate it is, but I wonder at skeptics willing to take cloned meat as good without much study of it. I will skip the clones until you guys have tried it out for a few years. There are still animal rights and moral issues involved also. I know science is amoral but the rest of us are not. > [@](#): > > The Washington, DC-based Center for Food Safety, in a petition it filed in late 2006, declared: “The available science shows that cloning presents serious food safety risks, animal welfare concerns and unresolved ethical issues that require strict oversight.” The group announced on September 2, 2008 that 20 leading U.S. food producers—including Kraft Foods, General Mills, Gerber/Nestle, Campbell’s Soup and Ben and Jerry’s—will not use cloned animals in their products. “The move by these companies represents a growing industry trend of responding to consumer demand for better food safety, environmental and animal welfare standards,” the group said in making the announcement. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-mind-eating-cloned-meat/462816.md?page=2)