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S. Korean first to successfully clone a dog

Aug 4th, 2005
Associated Press

Scientists for the first time have cloned a dog. But don't count on a better world populated by identical and resourceful Lassies just yet.

The experiment extends the remarkable string of laboratory successes by Hwang, but also reignites a fierce ethical and scientific debate about the rapidly advancing technology.
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Ontario's Pit Bull 'ban' law

The Attorney General's Office of Ontario has compiled information on Ontario's changes to the dog owner's liability act and the 2005 statute law amendment act to public safety related to dogs.  These changes are commonly referred to as the "Pit Bull 'ban' Law" in the media.

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Doctors urge prenatal screening
for (toxoplasmosis)
CHICAGO -Associated Press (Feb 9, 2005)

A group of doctors is urging routine screenings for infections that can cause blindness and brain damage in babies and can be caused when pregnant women clean a cat litter box, gardens or eat raw eggs or meat.

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