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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Sniffer-dog clone family 

A family of six identical clones of a Labrador Retriever dog has taken up drug-sniffing duties at South Korean airports and border crossings, says the BBC:
Six puppies cloned from a Canadian-born sniffer dog in late 2007 have reported for duty after completing a 16-month training programme. The clones are all called Toppy, a combination of "tomorrow" and "puppy."

The customs agency says clones help to lower crime-fighting costs as it is difficult to find good sniffer dogs. Only about 30% of naturally-born sniffer dogs make the grade, but South Korean scientists say that could rise to 90% using the cloning method.

The new recruits are part of a litter of seven puppies who were cloned from a "superb" drug-sniffing Canadian Labrador retriever called Chase in 2007, officials said. One dropped out of the training due to an injury.
"Injury." Yeah, right, good luck with that story at debriefing, Toppy-2.
Posted by: Allen Varney / 4:55 PM

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