Send in the clones: Snuppy and Bona set to mate

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2007

SEOUL (AFP) — Snuppy, the world's first cloned dog, will be mated later this year with the world's second canine clone known as Bona, researchers said Monday.

"The mating may take place late this year when the female dog called Bona grows up," Kim Min-Kyu at Seoul National University (SNU) told AFP.

Snuppy will celebrate his second birthday on Tuesday while Bona was born on June 18 last year. They are Afghan hounds.

"Both Snuppy and Bona are healthy. The mating is aimed at learning about their reproductive capacity," said Kim, who was part of the team which created both dogs.

Snuppy was created under the stewardship of now-disgraced cloning expert Hwang Woo-Suk. So far, the team has cloned one male and three female Afghan hounds.

Hwang was...