Essay - Mammals Cloning to Preserve the Endangered Giant Panda Among Animals...

Mammals

***** to Preserve the Endangered Giant Panda

Among animals, mammals account for more than 15,000 species of vertebrate animals that have the ability to self-regulate their body temperature, ***** hair, and, in the females, produce milk. In the study ***** mammalogy, the branch of science that deals with mammals, there has been a growing concern *****t the rate of mammalian species nearing extinction. Thus, ***** Endangered Species Act ***** 1973 was put forth to protect ***** ***** plants on the verge of *****. It also provides policy to the Fish and Wildlife Service to determine a listing of endangered animals and to develop associated recovery programs. The Fish ***** Wildlife Service subsequently has registered a ***** for c*****trolled prop*****gation of ***** listed under ***** Endangered Species Act ***** a restricted ********** of conservation and ***** practices where the purpose is to oversee the "production of individuals, generally within a m*****naged environment, for ***** purpose of supplementing or augmenting a wild popul*****tion, ***** reintroduction to the wild to establish new populations." A sub-focus ***** this policy is *****ed with activities involving genetic *****ment of *****fspring in a labora*****ry or o*****r controlled environment where the policy requests that propagation programs have a minimal adverse affect on existing wild populations of ***** animals. Given the concerns over the ever-expanding list of endangered species, as well as considering the substantial scientific developments in genetics, would it be prudent and ethical to direct recovery eff*****ts at genetically cloning endangered species, or even extinct species with recoverable DN*****, in order to repopulate ********** animals for modern day species diversity?

Cloning endangered species offers a solution to preserving and propagating those animals that have poor reproduction rates in captive environments until which time that their habitats can ***** restored and they can be successfully re*****troduced to the wild. One of the greatest advantages ***** genetic ***** is ***** it exp*****s the genetic ***** within a gene pool, ***** is otherwise limited when only a few ***** within the species rem*****in. Genetic diversity is the key to endangered species *****, but consequences relating ***** ***** methods to arrive at this point may be incurred.

***** controlled ***** policy raises ***** over the use ***** technology other than the breeding of parental s*****ck to re***** and preserve a species. While ***** diversity could ***** m*****intained through cloning, there may pose the possibility of some adverse genetic effects if only a portion of the gene pool is enhanced. Also of concern ***** addressed by the policy is that problems may be presented ***** the controlled production of a species (i.e. ***** cloning) decreases the animal's natural capacity ***** survive, reproduce, ***** adapt in the wild.

The ***** does not outwardly address the ethical issues to ***** cloning or other manufactured means ***** ***** an animal for endangered species conservation, ***** the frequency of loss ***** surrogates, embryos, and newborns is considered under ***** idea that "risk" should be minimized. The controlled propagation policy of the Endangered Species Act is