Przewalski's horses are one of the endangered species that have already been cloned. "In the future, it could be a literal lifeline for species that become rarer or worse, go extinct." "Cloning is a drastically underutilized tool," Ben Novak, lead scientist at Revive & Restore, told Live Science in an email. That same year, the company also successfully cloned an endangered Przewalski’s horse ( Equus przewalskii), and their technicians are now attempting to revive the extinct passenger pigeon ( Ectopistes migratorius) using cloning technology. In 2020, scientists from U.S.-based non-profit conservation organization Revive & Restore successfully cloned an endangered black-footed ferret ( Mustela nigripes). Instead, they are listed as least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (opens in new tab), though climate change is likely to severely disrupt their food supply in the wild in coming decades, according to WWF (opens in new tab).īut endangered species have been cloned by scientists before. Cloning endangered animalsĭespite reports from Global Times and other media outlets, Arctic wolves, which are a subspecies of gray wolves ( Canis lupus) are not an endangered species. In 2019, Sinogene was also involved with a project that produced six identical German shepherd clones, which were then inducted into the Beijing police force, according to CBS News (opens in new tab). The company also announced a new partnership with the Beijing Wildlife Park to clone more captive species in the future, although no specific projects have yet been announced, according to Global Times. (Image credit: Sinogene Biotechnology Co.) (opens in new tab)
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