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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   HAVE YOUR SAY Feel strongly about something? Share it with the community by writing a letter to the editor. You’ll need to include your name, address and daytime phone number. (We’ll only publish your name and hometown.) We reserve the right to edit letters, but if you keep yours to 250 words or less, we won’t ask you to shorten it. If your letter is published, please wait 30 days before submitting another. Send it to: E-mail: letters@heraldnet.com Mail: Letters section The Herald P.O. Box 930 Everett, WA 98206 Fax: 425-339-3458 Have a question about letters? Contact Carol MacPherson (cmacpherson@heraldnet.com or 425-339-3472).   Published: Wednesday, March 6, 2002 Consider adopting a shelter pet instead Sadly, while thousands of cats and dogs are killed in shelters around the country every day because there aren't enough homes to go around, recent advances in the cloning of pets will exacerbate pet overpopulation ("Scientists copy a cat, but miss a few marks," The Herald, Feb. 15). Having adopted 100,000 cats and dogs to Seattle-area families since 1967, PAWS recognizes and understands the bond that can exist between humans and their cats, dogs and other companion animals. However, animals have unique personalities just like humans and develop behaviors and idiosyncrasies based on their circumstances and environment. These are aspects of an individual that cannot be replicated in a laboratory. Rather than cloning pets as a way to sustain that bond, people should channel their love towards the millions of animals that populate animal shelters in the U.S. and consider adoption. Every year, between 8 and 12 million animals enter U.S. shelters; some 4 to 6 million of these animals are euthanized because there are no homes for them. Cloning cats and dogs will only perpetuate the pet overpopulation crisis in the U.S. and counteract spay/neuter programs, which try to nip the overpopulation problem in the bud. TAMAR K. PUCKETT PAWS Lynnwood

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