LESS than a year after the birth of the first cloned foal, the battle over whether horses should be cloned is well under way.
In the UK, the government last week refused permission for horses to be cloned, on the grounds that the potential suffering of the animals outweighs any potential gains. In Australia last year, a cloning application was also turned down.
But in other countries, work is going ahead. And the researcher in the UK whose application was refused, William Twink Allen of the University of Cambridge Equine Fertility Unit, has told Â鶹´«Ã½ that if his appeal…
