A couple who cloned their beloved dead dog have brought his puppies back home. A delighted Richard Remde and Laura Jacques picked up their new pets - called Shadow and Chance - who were created via a £67,000 cloning process from their beloved boxer Dylan after he died from a brain tumour. Ms Jacques described Dylan's puppies as "completely priceless" while Mr Remde said the controversial procedure was something they just "had to do" as the North Yorkshire couple collected the animals after six months in quarantine. Mr Remde told ITV's Real Stories With Ranvir Singh: "Well, as you know, some people go out and buy their fancy sports cars or, you know, go on fancy holidays. We don't do that and we decided to spend that money on these dogs." The couple had sent cells from Dylan to the South Korean Sooam Biotech Research Foundation in Seoul where his DNA was extracted to produce two identical puppies. Dylan's DNA was implanted into a blank egg, which was then given electric shocks to trigger cell division and eventually implanted into a surrogate dog. The animal-loving couple were thrilled when they found out three months later that the surrogate mother was pregnant. They made...
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