Okay so this is creepy, but awesome nonetheless ...Apparently, scientists planning to clone "Trakr," a German shepherd who was one of the dogs sniffing out survivors trapped in rubble following the World Trade Center disaster in New York in 2001.
Here's a snippet of the Associated Free Press's report:
Trakr, a German shepherd who lives with his owner James Symington in Los Angeles, was picked by BioArts International as the most "clone-worthy" canine in a competition offering an owner a free chance to replicate their pet.
In the next month, BioArts said it would transport a sample of Trakr's DNA to the South Korean lab of its partner, the Sooam Biotech Research Foundation, and the clone could be ready by the end of this year.
"Trakr means the world to me," Symington said. "To know that part of him is going to live on is just beyond words. It's the greatest gift I've ever received."
That's sweet and all, but I have to admit I'm about this close to going into panic mode.
What if an army of cloned, pissed off sniffer dogs break free after years of experiments in some "Area Bow-Wow" and start to run amok in our streets? EVERYBODY PANIC.
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"Trakr means the world to me," Symington said. "To know that part of him is going to live on is just beyond words. It's the greatest gift I've ever received."
ReplyDeleteThis guy worries me. Sounds potentially orgiastic.