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What happend to commemorative plaques?

July 2nd, 2008

BioArts, a California based company, recently held an essay contest that asked “Why Does your Dog Deserve to Be Cloned?” and as the prize, offered to preserve the dog’s DNA and clone it.   The  winner is a  Canadian search and rescue dog named Trakr.  Trakr is a 15 year old German Shepard who helped rescue the last survivor from the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001.

BioArt will send Trakr’s DNA to its South Korean partner, the Sooam Biotech Research Foundation, and Trakr’s clone should be ready by the end of the year.

Trakr’s owner, ex-police officer James Symington, joyfully declared, “Trakr means the world to me.  To know that part of him is going to live on is just beyond words. It’s the greatest gift I’ve every received.”

What do you think?  Wasteful? Exciting?  Flying cars and bad business for the taxidermy industry?

The future is going to be a strange place.

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4 Responses to “What happend to commemorative plaques?”

  1. Saintlover says:

    I am quite torn over this. On one hand.. it is a direct look alike., but on the other… its not the same dog with the same experiences. With the way the economy is right now.. Cloning a dog is the furthest thing from my mind.

  2. Jenna says:

    I’m not sure what to say about this one.. But I have to agree — the future is going to be a VERY VERY strange place!

  3. Lindsay says:

    Sounds like Trakr is an amazing dog, but I think it’s stupid to have your pet cloned for the purpose of trying to have another pet just like it. Go and adopt a homeless animal instead. Nothing can replace your dog, just because it’s cloned doesnt mean it will look identical, and its personality might be different as well, not to mentioned different experiences and not being raised by the same mother.

  4. Lisa Krznaric says:

    I think this is absolutely WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!

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