Bernann McKinney loved her pit bull Booger. When she was being attacked by a gang of dogs (don't ask why) Booger came to her rescue. And in return for saving her life, she gave a South Korean laboratory $50,000 to return his. Times five. Yes, a company called RNL Bio arranged to have five clones of Booger created by scientists at Seoul National University, and they can do the same for your dead pet. McKinney, for her part, couldn't be happier. "Booger was my partner and my friend," she said. "They are perfectly the same as their daddy. I am in heaven here." Of course, Booger wasn't these clones' "daddy" so much as their "gene template", but the point is well taken. RNL Bio's CEO, Ra Jeong-Chan says he wants to branch out into cloning camels for rich people in the middle east. Because, for some reason, he apparently believes camels are the only animals middle easterners keep as pets. More details here.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Resurrect Your Pets
