Cases / Biotech, cloning and de-extinction · South Korea · 2013
South Korea's Rural Development Administration cloned six working dogs in 2013
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Did nature suffer? Not measured.
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- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
South Korea's Rural Development Administration produced six clones of quarantine, police, army and rescue dogs in May 2013, at 46 million won a clone. The sources do not show how the dogs were used or any effect on nature.
What?
The agency cloned six dogs used for quarantine, police, army and rescue work. DailyVet
Where?
South Korea. DailyVet
When?
May 2013. DailyVet
Who?
Gained
- Rural Development Administration — presented cloning as a 65 percent saving over classical training of a search dog DailyVet
Lost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
The agency presented cloning as cheaper than classical training of search dogs. DailyVet
How?
Six clones made from quarantine, police, army and rescue dogs. DailyVet
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
The Rural Development Administration produced six clones of quarantine, police, army and rescue dogs in May 2013, according to DailyVet.
DailyVet reported a cost of 46 million won per clone, against 130 million won to train a classically bred search dog, which the agency presented as a 65 percent saving.
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Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record Outcomes for the six dogs, including whether they entered service, are not stated in the sources reviewed.
- None on record The cost comparison is as presented by the agency; the sources reviewed do not show how it was calculated.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: a 2005 bioethics and safety law governs cloning in South Korea.
- None on record Effects on nature are not stated; the sources do not connect the dogs to any wild or conservation use.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
- RDA's six cloned search dogsDailyVet · 22 May 2013
Connected cases
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- Sinogene pet and police dog cloning (China) China · 2013–2022
- Rural Development Administration (South Korea) (Public authority) — here: produced six clones and reported the cost comparison; there: State agency that produced six cloned working dogs in 2013