From the ArcaMax Publishing, Weird News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/weirdnews/s-567080-616764
LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- The dog who found the last survivor beneath
rubble at Ground Zero after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in
New York City has been cloned, its owner says.
James Symington's search-and-rescue German shepherd Trakr" has since
died, but he got five perfect clones free Wednesday from the Northern
California cloning company BioArts International.
Symington, a retired Canadian police officer who now lives in Los
Angeles, won a contest BioArts had to find the most "clone-worthy
dog."
"Once in a lifetime, a dog comes along that not only captures the
hearts of all he touches, but also plays a private role in history,"
Symington wrote in his winning essay, Bio Arts said.
BioArts said it cloned Trakr working with Sooam Biotech Research
Foundation of South Korea under the direction of Dr. Hwang Woo-Suk,
who produced the world's first dog clone in 2005.
The Los Angeles Times reported Woo-Suk's cloning work has been
controversial and that he has been accused of faking evidence of human
cloning.
The Times said the American Society for the Cruelty of Animals raised
concerns about animal cloning.
"Reports on the health and condition of mammalian animals produced by
cloning have indicated a variety of anatomical and physiological
problems," the group said.