Some lady in California is having her dead pit bull, Booger, cloned for a sum of $150,000. She became very attached to Booger (chuckle) after he saved her life when she was attacked by another dog. When the dog passed away, she put part of his ear in cold storage and it will now be used by South Korean scientists to create a new Booger (gross). This marks the first time a pet has been cloned for a commercial contract. According to TimesOnline:

Cells have been extracted from Booger’s ear tissue and inserted into ova which were then implanted into eight bitches.

I will refrain from making an “implanted into bitches” joke for the sake of our more sensitive readers.

The only catch here is that, while the clone dog will be genetically identical to Booger, there’s no guarantee he’ll behave like Booger. So really, she’s getting Booger version 1.5. Not exactly a brand new Booger, but a slight modification on the past Booger.

Personally, I’d rather save roughly $149,400 and get a new dog that isn’t genetically modified by Koreans, but I guess that’s the difference between me and crazy.

[TimesOnline]