Spainish Scientists Clone a Fighting Bull

It’s the same process they used for cloning Dolly the sheep but it seems almost nightmarish if he’s to live over and over again just to die at the hands of a matador. Maybe I watch too much sci-fi.

The calf, called Got – or “glass” in Valencian – was born on Tuesday.

Project leader Vicente Torrent, a specialist in veterinary genetics, said he hoped Got would have the same fierce traits as his “father”, Vasito.

He said the scientific landmark opened the way for a “tissue bank” to save critically endangered species from disappearing

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