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International Convention on Children's right
CyberDodo and Ants (1-1)
CyberDodo and Bees (1-5)
Beaches (1-6)
The Convention (2-1)
Definition of the Child – Article 1 and 2 - (2-2)
The Mission of CyberDodo (2-40)
CyberDodo and the waste of energy (1-20)
CyberDodo and persons with disabilities (2-20)
The importance of the media – Article 17 - (2-15)
CyberDodo and the Dangers of Fire (1-7)
Rivers (1-8)
Understanding the best interests of the child (2-3)
CyberDodo and the Monkeys (1-13)
Camels (1-31)
CyberDodo and Water (1-32)
Medicinal plants (1-33)
CyberDodo and the Penguins (1-34)
CyberDodo and child soldiers (2-30)
CyberDodo and the Cheetah (1-23) 
CyberDodo and the TseTse fly (1-47)
CyberDodo fights against the sexual exploitation of children (2-27)
CyberDodo and Coral (1-16)
CyberDodo and ground water tables (1-53)
The Right to a Nationality (2-37)
CyberDodo and the Forests (1-9)
CyberDodo takes on Obesity (2-34)
CyberDodo and the Eagles (1-21)
CyberDodo and the Implementation of the Agreement (2-4)
CyberDodo and Tortoises (1-24)
CyberDodo and the Freedom of Expression (2-13)
CyberDodo and the farmyard (1-25)
CyberDodo fights against Child Trafficking (2-28)
CyberDodo and Rhinos (1-28)
CyberDodo takes on the cigarette (2-35)
CyberDodo takes on child abuse (2-16)
CyberDodo fights against child labour (2-25)
CyberDodo and greenhouse gases (1-40)
CyberDodo fights against drug abuse (2-26)
CyberDodo and Street kids(1-38)
CyberDodo fights against child abduction (2-11)
CyberDodo and Clones (1-4)
CyberDodo and the Whales (1-10)
CyberDodo and the Right to Education (2-38)
CyberDodo and Dolphins (1-11)
3 minutes to discover CyberDodo!
CyberDodo defends the Right to Freedom of Expression in the Courts (2-12)
CyberDodo and solar energy (1-45)
CyberDodo and the Elephants (1-22)
CyberDodo fights against hunger (2-6)
CyberDodo and the Ozone Layer (1-35)
CyberDodo and Urban pollution (1-19)
CyberDodo and mother’s milk (2-7)
CyberDodo and Nutrition (1-55)
Raising awareness of the Convention (2-39)
CyberDodo and city maintenance (1-41)
CyberDodo and the Sea Lion (1-18)
CyberDodo and Dodos (1-2)
CyberDodo fights against sexual aggression (2-33)
Multimedia Press Release
CyberDodo and the Sharks (1-27)
CyberDodo and the Molluscs (1-26)
CyberDodo and illegal animal trafficking (1-30)
CyberDodo and the Right to Live with one’s own Parents (2-09)
CyberDodo and draught horses (1-36)
The Right to have a name
CyberDodo and the Dams (1-37)
CyberDodo commits to the right to respect of personal privacy (2-14)
CyberDodo and the Alligators (1-39)
CyberDodo and abandoned animals (1-43)
Let us fight against the sexual exploitation of children
Hall of Fame (Winners of CyberDodo's tournaments)
CyberDodo and Clones (1-4)
What is cloning?1/2
It has to do with asexual, identical reproduction of a living body.
From the beginning of time, nature has cloned certain plants, certain animals and even humans, as true twins are perfect clones. Recently man has decided to try and imitate this ability, and this ambition is of concern to a great deal of people.
Because, apart from the undeniable technological and scientific expertise involved in the cloning of carp in 1963 or of sheep in 1996, there are more questions than answers with regard to the issues raised by these first attempts.
Why clone a living being?
The defenders of reproductive animal cloning point out that it is possible to preserve threatened species by multiplying the very low number of existing individuals so as to ensure the survival of the species. With regard to human reproductive cloning, the arguments in its favour are generally linked to the needs of adults who cannot have children naturally or who have lost a child, and those who want to ‘re-create' people, so they want to clone individuals that they consider to be exceptional (Starting off with themselves!).
As the name indicates, therapeutic cloning focuses on other purposes.
What do its opponents say?
That apart from the very low rate of success and the high financial cost of animal cloning, it highlights a problem that already affects many species, in-breeding and the consecutive loss of genetic diversity (For more information on this matter, see in particular the case file on cheetahs).
The idea of cloning animals from species with few individuals can only be a last resort, and will not enable them to be reintroduced in Nature.
Human reproductive cloning raises other even more serious matters on the status of man. Can it be simply regarded as a ‘code' which we have the right to copy, with no other ethical questions involved? A human being has always been an unique individual; even twins are considered by society to be two unique people who have something in common. Will the possibility of identically and infinitely reproducing the same person not totally upset the image that human beings have of themselves and their duties?
When scientists propose doing research so as to be able to eventually clone organs to save sick people (Therapeutic cloning), is it conceivable/desirable to regard the human body as a machine, with parts that can freely be reproduced and changed when they are used?
Is cloning the first stage on the path of immortality for some people, what do you think about it?
