A family dog that had been dead for nearly a fortnight was successfully cloned by a grieving family, and a new puppy has now been born to fill in his immortal shoes. It remains to be seen if the new cloned puppy will have the same character as the original or retains any memories through his DNA. The Guardian reports: In the first case of its kind, the boxer puppy was cloned from the couple’s dead dog, Dylan, almost two weeks after it died. The previous limit for dog cloning was five days after death. Laura Jacques, 29, and Richard Remde 43, from West Yorkshire, were grief stricken after their boxer died at the age of eight in June, having been diagnosed earlier this year with a brain tumour. The pair decided to try to clone Dylan and enlisted the services of the controversial Sooam Biotech Research Foundation, which offers a commercial dog-cloning service for $100,000 (£67,000) per procedure. It is the only laboratory of its kind in the world. They have hailed the birth as “a miracle”. The male puppy has been named Chance, after a character in Jacques’ favourite film, Disney’s Homeward Bound. He is expected to be [...]