I had no idea.

I didn't know this was even under consideration. Apparently, there's a suggestion of using cloned animals as part of the meat-and-milk industry in the US. While I understand cloning well enough to know that the health risks at that remove are few or none, I just can't help feeling that, with all the possible applications for this technology, this is way down on the list of what we ought to be doing with it.

I'm actually far more concerned by the fact that cloning is a suggestion for keeping good breeding stock and improving breeds. Genetic diversity, anyone? Hello?