British couple clone their dead Dog for $275,000

[tay]

A couple has forked out $275,000 to be the first in Britain to clone their dead dog.

Laura Jacques and Richard Remde were devastated when their Boxer, Dylan, died of a heart attack in June, aged eight.

They enlisted the help of South Korean biotech firm Sooam, which clones dead dogs for £67,000 ($137,000) each.

The pair will collect their two newborn puppies from South Korea on Boxing Day.

Laura, of Yorkshire, said Dylan’s death left her “in total shock”.

“I see it as Dylan’s puppies but they will have 100 per cent his DNA — not just 50,” she said.

“There will be people who don’t agree with it, but there will be loads that would love to be able to do it.”

Scientists put Dylan’s DNA into a donor egg which was implanted into a female dog.

He had been dead for 12 days when the couple took a skin sample to the firm, but were warned the technique had never worked from bodies that old.

Dylan’s body has been in the couple’s freezer while they renovated their garden and will be buried later.

British couple Laura Jacques and Richard Remde clone their dead dog Dylan for £134k

 

[MHz]

First the dog to see if they like the results, no use coming back if you will be gibbled in some way.

 

[Sons of Liberty]

They won't have to change the pictures on the refrigerator.

 

[Blackleaf]

I'd just get another dog for free from the local kennels.

 

[MHz]

You never did get a dog from there did you? There are fees attached to getting a pet from those places. The street or the free ads is where the free ones comes from. They are also the smartest so they might not come to you.

 

[Blackleaf]

You never did get a dog from there did you. There are fees attached to getting a pet from those places. The street or the free ads is where the free ones comes from. They are also the smartest so they might not come to you.

We got a dog from the Destitute Animal Shelter (where I also used to work) near us when I was a kid. It ended up escaping from our house and getting run over and killed by a car in 1992. I remember crying for days afterwards.

 

[MHz]

Sorry for your loss. Dogs are meant to get out and explore their surroundings, with you on a leash.

So how many years has it been? (in that it was easily replaceable)

 

[Blackleaf]

Sorry for your loss. Dogs are meant to get out and explore their surroundings, with you on a leash.

So how many years has it been? (in that it was easily replaceable)

My parents didn't get another dog since 2010. It's called Sasha and they got it as a puppy from someone my sister knows. It's not been cloned, though.

 

[Machjo]

A couple has forked out $275,000 to be the first in Britain to clone their dead dog.

Laura Jacques and Richard Remde were devastated when their Boxer, Dylan, died of a heart attack in June, aged eight.

They enlisted the help of South Korean biotech firm Sooam, which clones dead dogs for £67,000 ($137,000) each.

The pair will collect their two newborn puppies from South Korea on Boxing Day.

Laura, of Yorkshire, said Dylan’s death left her “in total shock”.

“I see it as Dylan’s puppies but they will have 100 per cent his DNA — not just 50,” she said.

“There will be people who don’t agree with it, but there will be loads that would love to be able to do it.”

Scientists put Dylan’s DNA into a donor egg which was implanted into a female dog.

He had been dead for 12 days when the couple took a skin sample to the firm, but were warned the technique had never worked from bodies that old.

Dylan’s body has been in the couple’s freezer while they renovated their garden and will be buried later.

British couple Laura Jacques and Richard Remde clone their dead dog Dylan for £134k

A twin.

 

[MHz]

My parents didn't get another dog since 2010. It's called Sasha and they got it as a puppy from someone my sister knows. It's not been cloned, though.

No need to worry about you coming back either then, it really is X-mas.

 

[coldstream]

Dolly, the first cloned sheep, served to show that vigour that sexual reproduction engenders in the offspring.

Dolly (and her confreres.. Polly and Molly).. were very sick animals, who died young, absent the genetic vitality that the mix and adaptability of sexual reproduction by two parents produces.

They would have been much more responsible, and have $275M in the bank to boot, if they'd just rescued a dog from the shelter.

 

[MHz]

Donate it to the nearest shelter.

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

Some people just have too much money for their own good.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Cujo.