10 Animals That Have Been Cloned

1 ) Snuwolf and Snuwolffy

The canine cloning jackpot hit by Seoul National University (SNU) again with these two gray wolves as precursors for eventual conservation projects in 2005 .

2 ) Copy Cat (CC)

This cat was cloned in 2001 . It was the starting gun for a pet-cloning process that may eventually become an industry .

3 ) Libby and Lilly, Ferrets

These ferrets were cloned in 2004 .  Almost beg another “why the heck did you do that ? ” Because it turns out that ferrets are very useful for studying human respiratory diseases , and some types are endangered .

4 ) Idaho Gem

Mules are sterile , unless you clone them , as proven by Idaho Gem , it is the pride of a 2003 American research team .

5 ) Ombretta the Mouflon

The successful cloning of this endangered animal (2000) . This is an  exemplifies how cloning can rescue a species from the brink of extinction .

6 ) Noah the Gaur

Noah was cloned in 2001 . A gaur is an Asian wild ox whose numbers are dwindling . Noah can only lived for two days before dying of dysentery .

7 ) Noto and Kaga (Cows)

The cows were cloned in 1998 and duplicated several thousand times . Made in Japan , the cows pave the way for other clones engineered to produce better meat and milk .

8 ) Snuppy the Dog

The scientist in South Korea accomplished the notoriously challenging task of cloning a dog in  year 2005 . Snuppy’s predecessors could be used to study human diseases .

9 ) Tetra the Rhesus Monkey

The lab monkey world received its first clone in 2000 . US-based Tetra is the first in a series of cloned monkeys that scientists could use as test subjects to study more about certain diseases like diabetes .

10 ) Cumulina the mouse

Cumulina was cloned in Hawa’ii in 2000 , It was the first successful mouse clone . She lived until the ripe old age of two years and seven months , a victory for her researchers .