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Couple Pays $155,000 for Cloned Dog
Remember that dog-cloning auction we talked about a while back? Well, it's all come to an end, with a Florida couple winning one of the six auctions and paying $155,000 to clone their much-loved Labrador Retriever, Sir Lancelot. The 10-week-old cloned puppy -- named Lancey -- was hand-delivered to the couple, and the results appear to be successful. "One minute with Lancey and you know he's special. He's both extremely aware and very sweet," said Lou Hawthorne, chairman of BioArts International, the biotech company that performed the cloning.
Though the story is very sweet, and hell, we'd love to have our own dogs cloned, not everyone's a fan -- especially the Human Society of the United States. From the organization's Web site: "Given the current pet overpopulation problem, which costs millions of animals their lives and millions in public tax dollars each year, the cloning of pets has no social value and in fact may lead to increased animal suffering." Additionally, the site also emphasizes that cloning will not create an identical animal in terms of character, and that the process simply clones the genes that can help influence an animal's personality.
Ironically, Edgar Otto, the owner of the newly cloned dog, has "given a lot more to the Humane Society than we've ever spent on this project." Considering how much Lancey cost, maybe the Human Society can give Otto a small break. [From: CNN]
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentswakoJan 30th 2009 6:47PM
anyone know the details of the cloning? Are the telomeres extended, etc? there is a lot of problems with cloning that was talked about before research was banned in the US.
i hope it did get sorted out though because then that dog would have a short miserable painful life.
KAIKAIJan 31st 2009 7:42PM
i sure hope so
the lil guys to cute to live a
short miserable painful life
Master ShakeFeb 1st 2009 12:37PM
Cloning does not produce a "short and miserable life" ... sheesh.
Deborah ConboyFeb 2nd 2009 4:29AM
Alright, I never respond to these, but this time I just had to.
Is it the Humane Society or Human Society................?
BrianJan 31st 2009 4:19AM
@wako - Hopefully, now that we have an administration that isn't afraid of condoms, the US will get back on track with this genetic research.
As for your question, are you asking if these dogs were engineered to live longer?
wakoFeb 1st 2009 3:02AM
maybe you should try to do some research before you make political jokes. if you couldnt understand my concerns, you obviously do NOT understand why the past administration did what it did
fourdogslaughingJan 31st 2009 7:48AM
cute little guy isn't he??
KAIKAIJan 31st 2009 7:41PM
thats the same thing i said =]]
FOURDOGSLAUGHINGFeb 1st 2009 1:32PM
GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE!!
fourdogslaughingJan 31st 2009 7:49AM
would love to have my four dogs cloned !love my dogs!
WILLJan 31st 2009 1:14PM
$155,000 COULD HAVE FED A LOT OF HUMANS
KAIKAIJan 31st 2009 7:41PM
really you think so
then bureaucracy kicks in
KelseyFeb 5th 2009 8:29PM
They could have spent that money to help animal organizations, or feed the homeless, or something. They could have done so many great things with that money.
I completely agree with the Humane Society. There are thousands, millions, of animals out there, waiting to be adopted. Why should you spend $155,000 when you could spend $100 [or less] to adopt a dog?
GregFeb 2nd 2009 12:34AM
That's great! They are helping move the economy along by investing in a business that isn't a bank :)
Monty RiversJan 31st 2009 7:36PM
The HSUS is the last voice in the world I care to hear from on ANY subject. Like PETA, they generally take positions and make statements that are simply designed to generate press coverage.
As for the observation that $155,000 could fed a lot of humans, go earn the same amount of money yourself and feed those humans. It wasn't your money and obviously it was their money to spend as they wished. Obama just tossed about $155,000,000 on a party for himelf, what say you about that?
shulawtFeb 1st 2009 8:41AM
The people who had this done are Jews from Boca Raton. I lived there for nearly 6 years. Yeah, yeah the puppy is cute and science has come along way from the times of Louis Pasteur but think about the blue collared workers these people denied money, benifits and respect to so the could spend that kinda money on a dog! Between the dog and their synagogue, theyve screwed...or Jewed alot of hard working people to reach this. I hope the dog lives to be 100 and they flatline tomorrow
Not Surprised!Feb 2nd 2009 10:50AM
The "breed" from Boca are just different, especially the Jewish end of the city! They're a tough bunch! Talk about eccentric nuts!
This is the same man whose daughter was arrested for impersonating a police officer and is now tucked away in a private facility in Massachusetts. He does everything to extremes! Adopted 8 kids, just to "have a bunch of kids around", none of which have the brains they were born with - maybe they were all cloned as well. 10 dogs, 10 cats, sheep and birds all in the house - are you kidding me?!?!? It's a wealth fest of nonsense.
AngiebabyFeb 1st 2009 9:29AM
I do not have wealth hatred. The money was theirs to spend as they saw fit. The article points out the cloned pup's owner is a generous donor to the Humane Society. Funny how people look over that to complain about this couple, and others, not spending THEIR money the way WE think they should.