Champion endurance horse cloned

[emad]

bbc


The birth of the world's second horse clone has been announced by scientists.

The foal is a copy of a world endurance champion, Pieraz, an animal that has been castrated and was therefore incapable of normal reproduction.

The research was undertaken by genetic engineering labs Cryozootech of Evry, France, and LTR-CIZ of Cremona, Italy, where the foal is being kept.

The World's first horse clone Prometea, was produced by the same group of researchers in 2003.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4443881.stm

[doodadem]

1. But the essence of the animal is not clonable (is that a word?)

They can make an exact genetic replica, but it can still be as different from the donor as night and day. Nature still prevails, because you cannot clone strength of character.
Along with that, I can't begin to imagine what it would cost to clone a horse. Per the company, Savings and Clone (clever!) in Calif., it costs $50K to clone a cat.