Encore!

"Their beloved Lab had died of cancer; ‘we have gotten negative feedback’

The miracle of life made an encore for Edgar and Nina Otto. A year after their beloved yellow Labrador retriever, Lancelot, died of cancer, the Florida couple welcomed a cloned copy into their home Tuesday. They’ve dubbed their doggie double “Lancelot Encore.”" - Michael Inbar

According to the article, Encore (the clone of Lancelot) cost the Otto family 155,000 dollars from a cloning auction from the California Biotech in BioArts International. The Otto family say it only took Encore a few hours to take his rightful place as the leader of the pack of of nine dogs, at only ten weeks old. The dog was a spitting image of Lancelot.

The family of course received negative criticism about the price. Critics say that the 155,000 should have better been donated and used at spay and neuter clinics. In my opinion, the Otto family has every right to do with what they please. There is an obvious love for the dog, and though I'm against cloning of anything, the compassion that one has for their family pets makes me glad to be a pet owner myself.

You can read the entire article by Michael Inbar. http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/28892792/