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Article: CLONING PRODUCES BANTENGS THE SPECIES OF WILD CATTLE IS DWINDLING.(FRONT)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- April 9, 2003
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Byline: Paul Elias Associated Press
Astounding even veterans of the fight against animal extinction, cloning technology has reproduced two endangered wild cattle, birthed by a cow last week on an Iowa farm. One of the bulls weighed twice as much as expected and it was euthanized Tuesday.
The procedure that created the bantengs has given conservationists hope that cross-species breeding can help reverse the daily disappearance of 100 species and add genetic diversity to dwindling animal populations.
If it survives, the remaining banteng will be transferred to the San Diego Wild Animal Park and encouraged to breed.
The technology is ...