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Couple pays almost $100,000 to clone late dog
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:22 am
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:22 am
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Laura Jacques and Richard Remde of Yorkshire, England, made headlines when they paid nearly $100,000 to have two puppies cloned at the Sooam Biotech Research Foundation in South Korea using DNA from Dylan that had been sent to the firm two weeks after his death in June. This was noteworthy for being the longest period of time after an animal's death when DNA was successfully recovered for cloning; the previous record had been five days.
The first of the two pups, Chance -- named after a character in Disney's "Homeward Bound" -- was born on Dec. 26, Boxing Day in the U.K. The second puppy, named Shadow, is due to be born Tuesday. While several hundred cloned dogs have been created over the past decade, these are among the first destined for the U.K.
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Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:24 am to blueboy
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Couple pays almost $100,000 to clone late dog
yep, pretty sure that's the point where you say to yourself "ya know, I think I actually might have too much money"
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:26 am to WG_Dawg
A client of my wife wanted to get a DNA sample from his dying cat this week so he could send it off to a lab in Texas to clone it.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:27 am to blueboy
With 1,000's of dogs currently in shelters I think I would have adopted one that looked similar and pocketed 99,900.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:28 am to blueboy
As much as I love dogs, this is a complete waste of money with so many dogs in shelters looking for a home.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:35 am to blueboy
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Couple pays almost $100,000 to clone late dog
Clone a Dog
OR
New Truck and a hell of a Vegas Trip.... HMMMM
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:37 am to LSUAlum2001
There's a vet in Lafayette who cloned his dog.
Had to go to Asia.
Had to go to Asia.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:37 am to kywildcatfanone
Yeah, but this is pretty much the exact same dog for them. Plus, I don't know what the shelter dog population is in England. It might not be nearly the situation we have.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:37 am to blueboy
Wouldn't you at least want to clone a dog that was on time?
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:39 am to blueboy
My husband always jokes he would clone his dog in a heartbeat if he could(he says his dog is the best dog he's ever had).
Now I know what would happen if we ever won the lottery
Now I know what would happen if we ever won the lottery
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:41 am to blueboy
Gf would probably do this if we could get it done for 20k. Not even joking.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 11:42 am to blueboy
There is a cheaper way to go about it. You know, the old-fashioned way.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 12:12 pm to FleshEatingSalsa
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Couple goes full retard; pisses away $100Gs
Your title could have been this
Posted on 12/29/15 at 12:13 pm to MontyFranklyn
quote:It's not creepy when it's a dog. It will be creepy when people try to clone their dead relatives, though.
creepy as frick
Posted on 12/29/15 at 12:23 pm to lsunurse
I would clone my bulldog.
Zero health issues and a genius.
Hell, 100k might be cheaper than an unhealthy bulldog.
Zero health issues and a genius.
Hell, 100k might be cheaper than an unhealthy bulldog.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 12:27 pm to blueboy
I wonder since its a clone if it would have the originals memory?
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