The next critical criteria for success is the ease of multiplication

In order for animal cloning technology to succeed as a tool for animal conservation, particularly in the case of endangered species, one has to list down a few criteria for success. The first thing that comes to mind is the requirements needed to produce one offspring through the cloning method. Will it be cost-efficient? Those who will adopt this method will have to make sure that animal cloning will be affordable because there are other means of reproduction that are more practical as compared to the sophisticated method required by animal cloning. One can choose artificial insemination as the natural method all is needed is to bring the female to the male when she is in heat.

The next critical criteria for success is the ease of multiplication. We have to understand that since animal cloning is a man-made operation then everything has to be deliberate and this includes the number of offspring that can be produced each and every time the cloning process is applied. Based on the overview of the cloning process it is easy to surmise that scientists can only produce one cloned egg at a time. By implication, depending on how fast they can alter an egg and then insert the DNA material into it, one can say that only one “fertilized ovum” can be inserted into the womb. There is a need to find out if this can hinder the ease of multiplication.

The third criteria for success is the mortality rate of the offspring born through this procedure and also if the newborn can reach up to sexual maturity in order to sustain the growth of the population. It is therefore not enough to simply succeed in the in-vitro stage such as the insertion of DNA material to the female’s egg cell, the first goal is to have a live birth and the second goal is for the baby to reach maturity. It is only then that one can say that animal cloning is viable in helping those that belong in the endangered species list.