"People somewhere are starving so funds can go toward decoding the dna of an extinct elephant."
Same could be said on the dinner you had tonight. Why didn't you give the money you spent on your dinner to starving kids in Africa?
"People somewhere are starving so funds can go toward decoding the dna of an extinct elephant."
solve two problems with one cloning...
bring em back to life as meat animals :)>
Well lets see I actually ATE my dinner (all of it actually I was pretty hungry afterwords, still am really). I'm betting none of those scientist were eating mammoth. Even if they were it'd be an incredibly overpriced meal. This isn't useful science.
Also.
Most the folks interested in this kind of thing are avid evolution proponent. Darwin's law has ruled the mammoth isn't suited to the future. Move on already. Bare minimum this cash could instead be sent setting up space colonies at least that would be potentially useful.