not exactly john hammond

This is exactly the kind of mentality i expected from clone scientists, but i never thought i'd see such a perfect example. after the successful cloning of an extinct species, the pyrenean ibex, the adorable baby mammal died within ten minutes due to respiratory complications. and kids, 'respiratory complications' is a fancy doctor euphemism for 'it couldn't breathe right and yes that hurts.' i don't know if i would call that a success, but hey i'm not running the study.
a co-author of the study being conducted in spain explained his sadness:

"we are not especially disappointed for the death of the cloned newborn."

he said such deaths in cloning experiments are common.
i'm not sure about the economic flow of tax money in spain, but i'm pretty sure the informed public does not want to have its tax dollars put towards such a time- and money-consuming experimental procedure, especially one where death - aka failure - is common and almost expected.
now i'm all for stem cell research, but i'd rather hear that a person died because we're getting closer to curing cancer, or something of that nature. we don't need false hope with these extinct animals. endangered animals, sure, let's save them. but if a species went extinct for natural reasons, too bad. they had their shot and they blew it. dinosaurs lived, in various forms, for millions of years and then suddenly went extinct. now if that isn't nature putting its foot down, i don't know what is. if a species was wiped out because of our own selfish and naive incompetence, oops.
we're dumb, but that's obvious.