A desperate Yorkshire couple who flew to Korea to get their beloved dead dog CLONED have returned home with puppies.
Richard Remde and Laura Jacques's new pets - Shadow and Chance - were created at a cost of £67,000 from their late boxer Dylan after he died from a brain tumour.
As they collected them from six months' quarantine, Ms Jacques described Dylan's puppies as "completely priceless".
Mr Remde added that the controversial procedure was something they just "had to do".
He 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."
Richard Remde and Laura Jacques's new pets - Shadow and Chance - were created at a cost of £67,000 from their late boxer Dylan after he died from a brain tumour.
As they collected them from six months' quarantine, Ms Jacques described Dylan's puppies as "completely priceless".
Mr Remde added that the controversial procedure was something they just "had to do".
He 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
The animal-loving couple were thrilled when they found out three months later that the surrogate mother was pregnant
They made several trips to South Korea, including a special visit to see the puppies being born and to try and bond with them. Having finished their quarantine period in South Korea, the puppies are now to Britain.
This happiness is a big contrast to how they felt when Dylan died, according to Ms Jacques.
She told the programme: "I started thinking 'what am I going to do?' and I looked into getting him stuffed, which sounds awful but I didn't want to part with him.
"I couldn't bear the thought of never being able to see him again and I searched dog cloning and I sent Richard a message saying: 'We can get him stuffed for two grand or cloned for sixty grand."'
Eight-year-old Dylan suffered a seizure last year and later died.
Tests showed he had an inoperable brain tumour
SOURCE. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/desperate-british-couple-who-flew-8555670
This happiness is a big contrast to how they felt when Dylan died, according to Ms Jacques.
She told the programme: "I started thinking 'what am I going to do?' and I looked into getting him stuffed, which sounds awful but I didn't want to part with him.
"I couldn't bear the thought of never being able to see him again and I searched dog cloning and I sent Richard a message saying: 'We can get him stuffed for two grand or cloned for sixty grand."'
Eight-year-old Dylan suffered a seizure last year and later died.
Tests showed he had an inoperable brain tumour
SOURCE. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/desperate-british-couple-who-flew-8555670
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