Heh. I thought I was done blogging about BioArts International. Not quite. They are promoting a hideous new contest called the Golden Clone Giveaway. Win the chance to have your dog cloned! I guess I shouldn't call their contest hideous, that's not very nice of me. Let me rephrase that to, in my opinion it is sad and twisted. According to their website, they have been receiving emails from people that can't afford dog clones, but are grief stricken because their dog may pass away soon. This is why they decided to initiate the Golden Clone Giveaway in which they will clone some poor persons dog for free. Oh praise be, what a saintly bunch down at BioArts International, and test tubes are so costly nowadays.
Somehow these grieving pet owners believe that a clone of their dog, will be their dog. Am I the only one that gets it? A clone of your dog is not your dog. No one wants to experience the horrible grief that is all consuming when someone you love dearly dies. I hate death with a passion. Yet if we close our eyes and pretend it is not true, will that make it as though it never happened? Just replace our wonderful and unique loved ones with clones, and pretend as though they never died? No matter how much pain we feel over the loss of a loved one, truth still matters. These dog owners are contacting BioArts International for dog cloning because they cannot handle the truth, truth hurts a lot sometimes.
Back to the Golden Clone Giveaway, BioArts International has decided to give away "one dog cloning slot to the family with the most clone worthy dog in the world". The Golden Clone Giveaway began May 30 and will end June 24th. I'm not entering, but if your interested the link to enter is at: www.bestfriendsagain.com/goldenclonegiveaway/
