GSC purchases hundreds of eggs in the form of whole ovaries from spay clinics. The clinics then use the cash from those sales to spay more cats and dogs, "hundreds for every clone we produce. The result is a net reduction in pet overpopulation." GSC also has a firm Code of Bioethics (the only one of its kind), which must be adhered to by each employee and contractor. Item 6 in the code states its guarantee that "its activities reduce the national population of unwanted dogs and cats by a greater degree than its cloning activities add to the problem." Stated methods for this goal include the above-mentioned purchase of ovaries from spay clinics, along with the development of contraceptives and/or sterilants. Indeed, in 2001, GSC donated $775,000 to the University of Virginia Center for Research in Contraceptive and Reproductive Health, for a five-year research program to develop a contraceptive vaccine. GSC also indicates intentions of making "direct or indirect donation of funds to shelter systems."
Since the company has yet to turn a profit, many of these philanthropic goals may still be a long time in coming. In the meantime, many people agree with the philosophy succinctly voiced by a forum member:
- Before we delve into the Twilight Zone for our pets, we need to clean up our act and our planet in the name of the homeless and the unwanted. Let it start in our backyards.
- Pawvi's Mommie
