Dog Cloning gone commercial!!!
Bernann McKinney with one of her cloned pups!
Now for a price, you can have your dog over and over and over again. Bernann McKinney loved her dog Bogger, a pit bull who died in 2006 from cancer. Bernann had a special bond with Bogger as he had saved her life when she was attacked by another dog. The other dog was much larger than Bogger and the attack left McKinney with injuries that required surgery and a long recuperation period. Bogger was there by her side, pulling her wheelchair when necessary and even helped her dress, even though he never had the training to do so.
The five puppies produced as a result of frozen cells from Bogger were brought from the U.S. to Seuol, South Korea, where the company RNL Bio, famous for the first dog cloning done in conjunction with scientists from Seoul National University, completed the project for McKinney. The cost of the cloning was $50,000 for McKinney’s puppies, but the standard cost will be up to $150,000 for dog cloning. McKinney received the discounted price because she was the first customer and helped with the publicity of the cloning program.
To date more than 20 dogs have been cloned according to RNL Bio scientist team leader Lee Byeong-chun. RNL Bio hopes to expand their cloning services and make them available world wide. McKinney couldn’t be happier. She plans on taking three of the dogs home with her to California and donating the other two to work as service dogs for elderly people or the handicapped.
I guess its true when they say everything has a price!!!
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