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You know what really creeps me out? Cloning. The whole idea of it unsettles me. And, I think a lot of other folks feel that way too.

I saw this story today entitled, “Heroic 9/11 Search And Rescue Dog Cloned”, and I was a little curious. The dog was named Trakr; the owner, James Symington. From WCBS…

But in 2008, as Trakr aged, he became ravaged by multiple diseases. Symington then saw an advertisement for a contest sponspored by BioArts and decided to submit Trakr’s story to the company. The contest’s prize: cloning one lucky dog free of charge to its owner.

CEO Louis Hawthorne believes Trakr’s past accomplishments made him the winner.

“We expected that the winner would be an exceptional pet,” Hawthorne said. “Maybe he would have rescued Timmy from a well. But we didn’t think it would be anything of the historical significance that Trakr played. That blew us away.”

BioArts originally intended to make one clone of the German Sheppard, but then decided to re-think the process.

“At some point in the process we woke up and said, ‘hey, wait a second. Why stop at one? Let’s make a whole set,’” Hawthorne said.

So this company, BioArts, was looking for a dog that would be good P.R. And, what better example than a dog that saved lives at ground zero? And, there’s nothing more lovable than a batch of puppies so, why not conjure up a handful of ‘em?

Creepy.