Should we be bringing back extinct animals? | CNN

Should we be bringing back extinct animals?

By Jorge Mitssunaga, CNN

Updated 11:45 AM EDT, Sat April 12, 2025

Should we be bringing back extinct animals?

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Scientists have successfully engineered dire wolves, the world's first de-extincted animal, through gene-editing and cloning. Dr. Robert Klitzman, a psychiatry professor and director of the bioethics master's program at Columbia University, warns about the alarming consequences this could have.

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