Tuesday, February 8, 2011

WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE DOG

Think that purebred that trots around your house was expensive? Well chances are that even for the most cherished of breeds, your dog wasn’t as expensive as one particular dog, who was not only expensive, but had great lengths taken to even ensure his existence.

The name of the most expensive dog is Lancelot Encore and his owners cloned him from one of their other beloved pets, Lancelot, a Labrador retriever. The couple took samples from the original Lancelot 5 years before winning the chance to have him cloned at an auction. The auction was held by the California-based company, BioArts. The company then held the auction and after the couple from Florida won the cloning item, BioArts hired a Korean company, Sooam Biotech Research Foundation, to clone the precious dog. The cloning of the dog cost $155,000 USD, which beat the price of the last animal cloned by $100,000. That animal was a bull that was called Second Chance.

The Florida couple who had their dog cloned are hopeful that with the same genetic backing and same environmental conditions, Lancelot Encore will turn out to be just as lovable and friendly as the original Lancelot. For that price, you would surely hope so!

Lancelot Encore

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