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The Lazarus Zoo: Resurrecting Extinct Species

Posted by timothy on from the here-boy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Australian Museum is attempting to resurrect the extinct Tasmanian tiger, using pup cells harvested from storage jars in alcohol from 70 years ago. The tiger was hunted to extinction, and has the ironic distinction of receiving legal protection the same year that the last of its kind (named Benjamin) died at the Hobart Zoo on September 7, 1936. Other cloning attempts at conserving endangered species include the South Asian banteng on an Ohio farm, the world's last burcado (a Spanish mountain goat), a wild Asian ox called the gaur, and even a woolly mammoth." They're hoping for a live birth in 2010.

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  1. On UK TV next week by amcguinn · · Score: 2, Informative

    Discovery Channel, 9p.m. 1st April in the UK.

    Cloning the Tasmanian Tiger

    (It's been shown before).