In December of 2004, Genetic Savings and Clone sold a kitten to a woman for $50,000. The kitten was cloned from DNA taken from the woman’s dead cat. The company hopes to have produced the world’s first cloned dog by May 2005. Does this create any ethical issues? Why or why not?

Reference: Elias, P. (Associated Press) “Cloned Cat Sale Generates Ethics Debate,” Washington Post, 12-24-04.