BEST FRIENDS AGAIN
CLONING MISSY: MEET THE MISSY CLONES

Mira is the world’s first clone of a family dog. Mira is named after a Korean myth of an all-powerful benevolent dragon. She has a striking physical and behavioral resemblance to the original Missy. Mira was born on December 5, 2007. She now lives with BioArts CEO Lou Hawthorne in Mill Valley, CA. Click here for video of Lou meeting Mira for the first time.

Chingu and Sarang are also clones of Missy.They were born on February 15th and 19th. Chingu means "friend" in Korean and Sarang means "love". They were flown to the United States on April 18, where they joined their genetic "twin sister" Mira. Chingu and Sarang live with other members of Lou’s family, but the three pups get together several times a week to enjoy doggie play dates. Click here for video of the puppies playing.

All three clones are happy, healthy and playful. Even as puppies the similarities to the original Missy are striking. Sharing the puppy phase of Missy’s clones has been a great source of joy for the family.

Blind we are, if creation of this clone army we could not see. -- Yoda
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