As long as we don't clone his stupid owner

I knew I shouldn't click on the link.  I knew reading about the woman who had her dog cloned was just going to piss me off, but I did it anyway.

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I expected a low-grade contempt, but it turned out to be even worse than that.  Bernann McKinney sold her house to raise the $50,000 to pay for the cloning.  Fine, it's her house, her money, although I'd certainly suggest there are more worthwhile causes to which one could contribute $50,000.  What got me, what pushed me right up to the edge of a full-blown fit of rage is what Ms. McKinney had to say about why she had her dog cloned:

"I had to make sacrifices and I dream of the day, some day when everyone can afford to clone their pet because losing a pet is a terrible, terrible loss to anyone."

Where did this amazing, "indispensable" dog named Booger come from?  McKinney rescued him from a shelter.  So, instead of honoring Booger's memory and his invaluable contribution to her life by going back to the shelter and rescuing another dog, she opted to spend $50,000 to bring five more dogs into the world.  Five.  Five shelter dogs who got gassed in the place Booger.  Imagine how many dogs that $50,000 would have saved.

McKinney's dream sounds like my nightmare.

UPDATE: Now it comes out that Ms. Dog-Cloner is also Ms. Mormon-Missionary-Raper.  Charged in 1977 for stalking, kidnapping, and sexually assaulting a Mormon missionary.  She jumped bail and disappeared into obscurity...until now.