POSTED: 9:05 pm MDT October 27, 2011
UPDATED: 11:42 pm MDT October 27, 2011
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A New Mexico resident dealt with the loss of a furry friend by shipping the dog?s DNA overseas and having a clone made.Blue sure looks like a normal 12-week-old half Mastiff,half Great Dane puppy, but he?s not.?He has a great personality, but this a special situation,? veterinarian Dr. David Caffey said. ?It?s a new copy of the old one.?The pup is a carbon copy of Old Blue, who passed away a few years ago. He is one of an estimated seven clone dogs living in the United States. The clone is a $100,000 investment that puts the idea of pure breeding to shame. ?Breed them, and try to get a litter where a puppy would be similar. This is closer to similar; it's an identical copy,? Caffey said.Before the original Blue died, the owner had the dog?s DNA shipped overseas to South Korea for cloning. South Korea has become the cloning capitol of the world. Dozens of cloned dogs are produced there, and a group of cloned golden, lab retrievers now patrol Korea?s Incheon Airport.Caffey treated the original dog and the clone. He said the clone is perfectly healthy.?(He?s) an identical copy of the original version,? Caffey said.
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