Although this would be a remarkable breakthrough, there are many ethical issues that should be considered. The ethics behind cloning a mammoth are being debated daily by the scientific community. To clone a mammoth it would be assumed that you would need many Asian elephant surrogates. This is problematic for a species that is close to extinction itself. Elephants are very social animals. They also have a 22-month carrying term. Having them carry another species inside them for a 22 month term only for that animal to damage them, or die right after birth needs to be taken into consideration. Asian elephants also don't do well in captivity. There are also issues with how the ecosystem would be effected by bringing back and extinct animal. What would that animal eat? The extinct animal could potentially interrupt an entire ecosystem.
Brining back an extinct animal would be one of the greatest scientific experiments to date. There are a lot of ethical issues with brining back an extinct animal that must also be taken into consideration. To quote Dr. Ian Malcolm from Jurassic Park, "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should." Weighing in the ethical issues, I don't think that cloning a mammoth would be just to the Asian elephant that would be forced to carry it.
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