Brazil Embarks on Cloning of Wild Animals

[Still Waters]

Brazilian scientists are attempting to clone animals in danger of extinction, like the jaguar and maned wolf, although the potential impact on the conservation of these threatened species is still not clear.

The cloning initiative is being undertaken by the Brasilia Zoological Garden in partnership with the Brazilian government’s agricultural research agency, EMBRAPA, and is now in its second phase. The research is aimed at adapting cloning techniques to wild animal species as a means of contributing to conservation.

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[Ashotep]

They can clone all they like if the animals habitat has been destroyed where are they going to thrive at, in a zoo.