NTSB SAYS THEY WERE NOT USING
ELECTRONIC DEVICES LEADING UP
TO THE DERAILMENT.
MORE THAN 20 YEARS SINCE
DOLLY THE SHEEP WAS BORN AT A
RESEARCH FACILITY IN SCOTLAND.
THE NEWS WAS SO BIG THAT SHE
ENDED UP ON THE COVER.
NOW THE PROCESS OF CLONING HAS
ADVANCED TO THE POINT WHERE
VETS ARE ABLE TO CLONE YOUR
PETS.
REPORTER RICK DAYTON FROM
PITTSBURGH EXPLAINS HOW THIS IS
NOT SCIENCE FICTION AND THE
CLONING IS REAL AND MORE
POPULAR THAN YOU MIGHT THINK.
THIS TOY POODLE, HIS NAME IS
BAXTER.
BAXTER IS A CLONE.
PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME
WRAPPING THEIR BRAIN AROUND IT.
IT IS A REAL TECHNOLOGY AND IT
IS NOT SCIENCE FICTION.
IT IS NOT LIKE WHAT YOU SEE ON
TV ROSH IN THE MOVIES.
CLONING LIVESTOCK, CATTLE
AND HORSES AND THOUSANDS OF
PIGS AND SHEEP.
THEN TWO YEARS AGO THEY DID
PETS.
I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT
OF DOING PETS TWO YEARS AGO AND
NOW MY BIGGEST REGRET IS THAT
WE HAD ONE DOG THAT WE
CONNECTED TO.
AND NOW YOU CAN.
WELL, SORT OF.
THE DOG THAT YOU ARE GOING
TO CLONE IS NOT GOING TO BE A
FRANKENSTEIN, IT IS JUST A
NORMAL DOG LIKE ANY OTHER DOG.
YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW THAT HE IS
A CLONED PUPPY.
IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, YOU
WOULDN'T KNOW.
NO.
SOMEONE ONCE MADE THE
STATEMENT, ONE OF THE MOST
AMAZING THING IS THAT THEY ARE
JUST AN ANIMAL.
YOU KNOW?
THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL.
WE LIKE TO SAY A GENETIC
TWIN.
CLONING STARTS WHEN THERE IS
FOUR SKIN SAMPLES FROM YOUR
PET.
MOST DOGS GO HOME THE SAME DAY
AND SOME HAVE IT DONE WHEN THE
DOG IS UNDER ANESTHESIA.
THE DNA CAN BE PRESERVED
EASILY AND THINGS THAT WE DO
EVERY DAY.
DR. MIKE PERFORMED THE
PROCEDURE FOR A CLIENT THAT
ASKED TO HAVE THIS DONE.
IT IS AMAZING.
BACK IN 2000, I COULDN'T
IMAGINE TREATING ANIMALS WITH
STEM CELLS LET ALONE CLONING
AND HERE WE ARE A FEW YEARS
LATER AND DOING THIS ROUTINELY.
THE BIOPSY IS SENT TO A LAB
IN TEXAS.
FROM THAT SKIN SAMPLE, WE
CULTURE THE CELLS AND THEY
CONTAIN THE PET'S DNA AND THIS
IS A WHAT WE NEED.
VIOG I N CHOOSES A SURROGATE
TO CARRY YOUR CLONED PUPPY.
WE WILL USE THE CELLS TO GO
IN EMBRYOS AND YOU HAVE A PUPPY
THIS IS A BORN IS THAT IS A
GENETIC TWIN.
BUT THIS IS THE MOST
REMARKABLE PART FOR DR. MIKE.
EVEN DOGS SICK OR HAVE CANCER
CAN BE CLONED.
THEY CAN TAKE A CELL
ANYWHERE AND IF YOU TAKE A 16
YEAR-OLD DOG AND DECIDE YOU
WANT TO DO IT, IT RESETS THE
CLOCK.
THEY GO BACK TO YOUNG THAT IS
UNIQUE.
IT IS NOT REINCARNATION.
NOT THAT SAME PET BUT THE SAME
GENETICS AND THE PIECE OF THIS
PET THAT THEY LOVE SO MUCH IS
SOMEHOW BACK IN THEIR LIFE
AGAIN.
CLONING IS NOT FOR EVERYONE.
AND IT IS NOT CHEAP EITHER.
THE CLONING FEE IS $50,000
TO CLONE A DOG AND HALF OF THAT
FEE IS PAID UP FRONT AS A
DEPOSIT AND THAT SECURES THEIR
SPOT ON THE WEIGHT LIST.
THERE IS INTEREST AND WE HAVE A
WAITING LIST AND IT IS SHORT.
WE CAN GET TO THE CLONING IN
ABOUT ONE TO TWO MONTHS.
OUR BIG GOAL IS TO TRY TO
INCREASE THIS TO DRIVE DOWN
PRICES.
YET WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT
PET OWNERS WILL SPEND ON CARING
FOR THEIR ANIMALS, SOMETIMES
THERE IS NO LIMIT.
I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE
REMORTGAGE THEIR HOMES TO TREAT
ONE OF THEIR ANIMALS WITH A
TERMINAL CANCER AND ONE IN LATE
STAGES.
I HAVE SEEN WHERE THEY GET A
FEW MORE MONTHS.
WHOM AM I TO JUDGE?
GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION
AND LET THEM DECIDE.
THE PRICE POINT IS HIGH AND
IT WOULD BE FOR THE WEALTHY,
BUT IT IS NOT.
PEOPLE FROM ALL DIFFERENT
BACKGROUNDS AND THAT BOTTOM
FACTOR IS LOVE AND THEY FIND A
WAY TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THAT.
IT IS NOT JUST PUREBRED DOGS
WITH IMPECCABLE LINES, MANY ARE
MIXED BREEDS.
THEY HAVE THE PET THAT THEY
LOVE VERY MUCH AND A UNIQUE
BOND AND THEY WANT TO EXTEND
THAT BOND.
THE PET'S LIVES ARE SHORT
COMPARED TO OURS.
IF YOU CAN CLONE THAT PET AND
HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT IS
SIMILAR, IT IS REWARDING.
AND SMART AND ADORABLE.
THE COMPANY IS ALSO CLONING