It is a waste but NOT in the context of killing 50 rabbits just to find the cure for cancer. Instead of 3 cancer sniffing dogs, why not create a mechanical device that does that?
This cloning stuff is getting out of hand.
It is an in-context waste in that he killed scores of pssible cancer-sniffers in order to create far fewer possible cancer-sniffers. My skeptical mind tells me that this scientist is more interested in making it appear as though only cloned dogs will do the job—patented cloned dogs, that is.
If a machine would do the job more efficiently and with more accuracy, that would be fine with me. Until then, most dogs love to sniff and love to work and they’re not as cold as machines. And they probably wouldn’t even have to be imported.