Booger is back: Woman receives 5 cloned puppies
August 5th, 2008 By HYUNG-JIN KIM , Associated Press Writer
Five cloned pitbull puppies are seen at the Seoul National University Hospital for Animals in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008. Bernann McKinney from the U.S. received the five puppies -- copies of her beloved late pitbull 'Booger' -- from a South Korean biotech firm in what it calls the world\'s first commercial canine cloning service. (AP Photo/RNL BioStar, Inc., Jin Han Hong)
(AP) -- Booger is back. An American woman received five puppies Tuesday that were cloned from her beloved late pitbull, becoming the inaugural customer of a South Korean company that says it is the world's first successful commercial canine cloning service.
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I can't believe that made 5 of him though. They better not split those dogs up. Maybe they can link up like Voltron!
partly because it's prohibitively expensive compared to live breeding, and doesn't do a whit for the species' genetic diversity. i admit it's tantalizing to imagine that simple replication, animal by animal, will save species; but the biggest problems involve maintaining and protecting viable wild habitat.