Korean scientist successfully cloned the worlds first dog. The Afghan hound named Snuppy (short for Seoul National University puppy) was created
using the cells from a 3 yr old male Afghan. The cloned canine is the latest in a string of cloned animals, including cats, goats, cows, mice, pigs,
rabbits, horses, deer, mules and gaur, a large wild ox of Southeast Asia. Ian Wilmut, a reproductive biologist at the University of Edinburgh, who
produced Dolly nearly a decade ago, says that increased number of cloned mammalian species point towards the possibility of a successfully cloned
human.
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SEOUL, South Korea - Scientists for the first time have cloned a dog. But don’t count on a better world populated by identical and resourceful
Lassies just yet.
That’s because the dog duplicated by South Korea’s cloning pioneer, Woo-Suk Hwang, is an Afghan hound, a resplendent supermodel in a world of
mutts, but ranked by dog trainers as the least companionable and most indifferent among the hundreds of canine breeds.
The experiment extends the remarkable string of laboratory successes by Hwang, but also reignites a fierce ethical and scientific debate about the
rapidly advancing technology.
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This is sure to re-spark the controversial subject of cloning. I think it will hit a different place with the general public considering it is a
common household pet that is now the subject of debate. I personally know people who believe animals, like dogs, have souls. This is trespassing
into some very sensitive territory, IMO.
Below is a link to the first ever sale of a cloned pet:
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[edit on 3-8-2005 by mpeake]
[edit on 3-8-2005 by mpeake]