Should We Destroying DNA To Bring Back Extinct Animals?

Scientists are now very closer than ever to having the bringing back the Woolly Mammoth. The plan is for scientists to first try to create a hybrid between an Asian elephant and a woolly mammoth. The plan is to do this by genome sequencing. Many scientists are involved in this and animals, the food chain and ecosystem will be affected by this. However, scientists are expecting this to happen in a couple of years and maybe even more time. The scientists want to do this because Mammoths could help modern day animals live in cooler locations in which they are at much lower risk of conflict with humans. This is occurring in North Siberia. Scientists are expecting positive results and are hoping for positive results. Therefore, scientists are close to bringing back Woolly Mammoths.

One important reason to bring back extinct animals is it could expand our ecosystem. A extinct frog called the Gastric Brooding Frog. This very special frog gives birth. Not only does this frog gives birth, this frog gives birth out of its mouth. And we killed it by pollution and habitat loss. In the article “Raising The Dead” by Elizabeth Kolbert says “Archer is leading the team

Scientists can prove evolution more and learn about it more and how it works (Pros and Cons of De-extinction, 2018). Scientists will also be able to eradicate diseases that are caused by specific genes by introducing immune species in the wild (Pros and Cons of De-extinction, 2018). Lastly, if scientists are able to bring back extinct species, people could get an insight into the evolution process (Pros and Cons of De-extinction, 2018). However, that is what scientists want people to think. Sure people could learn about evolution more, but if scientists are able to resurrect and use mostly elephant DNA then scientists won't learn much about mammoth evolution because the mammoth will have the evolution of the elephant. So how can the scientists know? Also how can scientists make immunities from the mammoth if the mammoth is the one producing new diseases that scientists are not aware of

The idea of using genetics to bring forth extinct animals is thrilling. Scientists and civilians alike consider all the insight and information we will discover once we construct animals that lived thousands of years before modern times. Unfortunately, there is a problem. With the CRISPR technology we can only edit genes, not change them completely. A prime example of this is the wooly mammoth. According to Lila Shapiro, the author of We May Resurrect the Mammoth Sooner Than You Think, she stated that CRIPR would recreate a hybrid, not a genetically correct mammoth. In Shapiro’s article, Dr. George Church is the leading scientist in de-extinction. His works is primary evolve around woolly mammoth. To bring them back from extinction, George

In nature, there are cases where species go extinct due to humans or for uncontrollable reasons. Recent scientific development has allowed a new idea called de-extinction the act of cloning extinct species using DNA samples from the past and biotechnology. However, extinct species should not be brought back to existence as the idea of de-extinction diverts attention and funding from protecting many endangered species that can still thrive in their environment. Another issue that arises with de-extinction is that resurrected species could become pests in their new environment.

Or a pterodactyl soaring overhead. Sounds far fetched? Yet, genetic engineering makes it possible to "resurrect" extinct species, as shown in Jurassic Park. The original film, based on a Michael Crichton novel, relied on the plausible-enough idea that dinosaur DNA could be recovered by collecting ancient amber-trapped-mosquitoes that had supped on dinosaur blood. However, Jurassic Park isn’t just about dinosaurs.

Today, our society is changing so fast that we barely even notice it’s happening. Soon enough, our society will be able to do what the scientists in Jurassic Park did, and create copies of our “once exist” giants. But while science and technology evolves, we should be the ones to bring up the question not “if we can,’ but rather, “should we?” Dinosaurs are ravenous and dangerous creatures that could tear us apart into pieces, but if properly contained, could be a magnificent sight for many to view. Nature removed the dinosaurs from our planet by selection, but we can use our superior intelligence to play god through biological manipulation. In an article by Thomas Sumner and Bjorn Carey, they discuss the ethics of reviving dead species such as the ones in Jurassic Park, and denote that the technology is in our near future. “Twenty years after the release of Jurassic Park, the dream of bringing back the dinosaurs remains science fiction. But scientists predict that within 15 years they will be able to revive some more recently extinct species, such as the dodo or the passenger pigeon, raising the question of whether or not they should – just because they can” (Sumner and Carey).

In 2 years an animal that has been extinct for 4,000 years could be brought back and live on Earth. In 2 years Harvard thinks they could possibly be brought back and live a full life. The woolly mammoth should be resurrected. One reason the woolly mammoth should be resurrected is that we have a global crises. Up to 150 species become extinct everyday and bringing one back will definitely not hurt that.

Experts say around 99.9 percent of the species that ever existed on planet earth are now extinct. Recently however scientists have been working on ways of how to revive some extinct species back to life. Scientists are attempting to bring 24 extinct species back to life. There has been a lot of work put into researching how this might become possible. So far, attempts have been able to bring a few species to life, however, most only manage to live for a few seconds up to a couple of minutes. However the rate at which Biotechnology is continuing to advance is incredible and experts believe that this science fiction might just come true. This very near and plausible future however is not light work. Many ethical problems arise as people weigh

With genetic engineering come benefits such as, new crops, less deaths from diseases, it also could bring back extinct animals by cloning them.

In the feature article "Wooly Mammoth DNA inserted into Elephant cells," the author, Tanya Lewis, explains scientist opinion about cloning a hybrid mammoth-elephant. According to the article scientist decided to insert the Mammoth DNA in a lab-grown elephant cell. The article claims that scientist not only used the DNA of a mammoth they have also used Tasmanian tiger, Pyrenean ibex and a passenger pigeon before. According to Scientist these animals are all candidates for de-extinction, by cloning them they could bring them back from extinction. Scientist The article suggest that if this experiment works this could save elephants from humans and help as many endangered species improve their long-term viability.

Recently, DNA testing has been employed to create a genetic database of endangered animal species. Using this information, scientists have even cloned animals.

De-extinction offers the possibility for extinct species to be brought back to life by reproductive cloning. Critics argue that de-extinction will reduce the will of society to protect endangered species, as well as harm the existing ecosystem upon species’ reintroduction. However, supporters argue that many species would be great candidates for de-extinction and will possibly be beneficial to the ecosystem. I will argue that de-extinction should not be pursued. I will argue that reintroduction of unextinct species could cause humanity to become disinterested in protecting endangered species due to the loss of finality of extinction. Furthermore, re-introduction of extinct species into ecosystems would negatively shift the balance, and may cause endangerment and potential extinction of otherwise unharmed populations.

It seems that genetic engineering is one of the only sciences that can pull the species out of the whirlpool of extinction for another 100 or so years, but it

If we are able to bring back an animal from extinction it would be a breakthrough in the field of genetic engineering and we can see how these animals died off and try to prevent that to happen to similar species.If