
You may remember the story I wrote a few months ago about the woman, Bernann Mckinney, 57, who had decided to get her pet pit bull, Booger, cloned after his death. Well, she has gotten her wish five times over after paying the South Korean Cloning Company RNL Bio in Seoul $48,000 and agreeing to participate in their publicity campaign.
To remind you of the facts, Booger, was a stray that Bernann saved from the streets. He became her faithful pet and companion and even went on to save her life years later when she was attacked by a Mastiff. Booger saved her by chasing away the Mastiff. The attack was so brutal it left her in a wheel chair and missing three fingers, while the doctors worked to reconstruct her face and repair her right arm. Booger, ever faithful learned to be a service dog and took care of Bernann as she recovered by helping her with laundry, getting drinks from the fridge, opening doors and taking off her shoes. She recovered but Booger later on developed cancer and had to be put down.
This understandably was an enormous loss for Bernann who had RNL Bio use tissue cells from Booger’s ear taken over two years ago, to clone five puppy versions of him.
The five puppies were born last week and sport names like; Booger McKinney, Booger Lee, Booger Ra, Booger Hong and Booger Park after herself, her former dog and the team members that cloned the dog. They all have black coats and identical white spots below their necks.
Cloning is still not an exact science. It can take several attempts before a clone is produced, meaning the previous embryos all die. Plus, clones have a high risk of genetic conditions and health defects.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1041709/Dead-dogs-owner-creates-FIVE-cloned-puppies-beloved-pet.html