Animal cloning is an investment that should be denied funding. For decades, scientists around the world have been trying to perfect the process of cloning animals. All the problems that might occur to end the cloning process before the clone has a DNA sequence capable of giving life to a creature. The large amount of clones that never reach adulthood is a waste of technology, time and funding. Cloning to save endangered species seems like a fantastic idea, but realistically the technology is not enough to meet these demands. Researchers go beyond the norm when it comes to the DNA used to attempt cloning. Two contributors to cloning have discovered they can collect sperm, umbilical cords and blood from car accidents that can be frozen and stored. The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation and the Brasilia Zoological Garden have collected over 420 samples of various animals. Countries appear to be engaged in a scientific evolutionary race with each other. Just like countries involved in the space race, countries compete to be the first to successfully clone an animal. The first animals successfully cloned were northern leopard frogs in the 1950s. The Lankenau Hospital Research Institute successfully cloned the frog through a process called nuclear transfer. Robert Briggs and Thomas King cloned frogs by extracting the nuclei of empty eggs, then proceeding to extract the nuclei of frog embryos and replace them with the nuclei of empty eggs. . Scotland have shown the world that they are a force to be reckoned with. They introduced the world to Dolly, the first female Finn-Dorset sheep to be cloned. With over 300 attempts to procreate, only 30 embryos were created. Of these 30 only... half the paper... end in failure. The few who make it through the first phase of nuclear transfer have developmental problems. Cloning is a great idea but, given the lack of technology needed to make it a successful tool in science, it should not be the main focus. Scientists should devote their time and energy to understanding the reasons for the disappearing animal population instead of trying to create more of them unnaturally. While it may be more accepted than cloning humans, it is still a topic that people don't bother to avoid. Works Cited Genetic Science Learning Center. "What are the risks of cloning?" Learn.Genetics March 27, 2014"Will cloning ever save endangered animals?" (2013): page n. American scientist. Network. March 31 2014. .