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South Korea Deploys Cloned Drug-Sniffing Dogs
Hugh Pickens writes "BBC reports that six puppies cloned from a Canadian-born sniffer dog in late 2007 have reported for duty to check for drugs at Seoul's Incheon International Airport after completing a 16-month training course. 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 puppies, each called 'Toppy' for 'Tomorrow's Puppy,' are part of a litter of seven who were cloned from a 'superb' drug-sniffing Canadian Labrador retriever called Chase at a cost of about $239,000. 'They are the world's first cloned sniffer dogs deployed at work,' says customs spokesman Park Jeong-Heon. 'They showed better performances in detecting illegal drugs during the training than other naturally-born sniffer dogs that we have.'"
And when they retire they'll make for a tasty snack.
'Cause I'm ready for my own Semi-Autonomous Guard Unit.
Until they can improve them in lab retrievers, it'll just be a scientific exercise.
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Take your last sentence, add some preamble, and post it to your congressman.
That kind of sentiment is wasted here.
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They also knew at that stage the cloning would be a success. The scientists came in in the morning and found the test tube rack had somehow moved closer to the Morphine cupboard.
So, a drug-sniffing dog and a bomb-sniffing dog are having a drink after work, talking a little shop. Drug-sniffing dog whispers, "Hey, see that woman over there? She's got a gram of cocaine in her purse."
Bomb-sniffing dog says, "See that man over at the bar, the one with the duck on his head? He's about to have a really bad day."
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As far as I know this is the 1st time a Mammal has been cloned simply to reproduce a disierable set of genetic traits
It has been done before. Admittedly it was a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away.
which is totally what she said
Like most slashdotters then.