Did we just jump a few decades in technology and I missed it? When was this an option?!
Former NFL superstar Tom Brady announced that his pet dog, Junie, is actually a clone of his late pet Lua who passed away two years ago. Brady is an investor of a biotechnology company under the name Colossal Biosciences and Brady claims the company is the source of the cloned pup.
Colossal Biosciences have recently acquired a cloning company known as Viagen Pets and Equine with the plan to further grow cloning capabilities for pet owners.
“I love my animals. They mean the world to me and my family,… A few years ago, I worked with Colossal and leveraged their non-invasive cloning technology through a simple blood draw of our family’s elderly dog before she passed…. [Colossal Biosciences] gave my family a second chance with a clone of our beloved dog.” – Tom Brady
Lua was a pit bull mix that Brady had adopted with his now ex-wife Gisele Bundchen. According to Colossal Biosciences the sample that Junie was cloned from was acquired several years ago before Lua died. Viagen Pets and Equine have previously been responsible for the cloning of previous celebrity pets including: Paris Hilton and Barbra Streisand.
