China Cloning Top Police Dog Hoping For Mass Production

According to a Reuters' report, the top "Sherlock Holmes" police dog in China has been cloned to cut down costs and training time for police dogs. The cloning pup called Kunxun is now three months old.

The puppy has now begun to participate in the training process and is being closely watched to see if it has the ability to control the crowd, find evidence and identify drugs. According to Wan Jiusheng, a project analyst, the Kunning wolfdog is one of the first Chinese cloned police dogs and is currently adapting very well to the new environment.

He also said that the female puppy is very sociable, friendly with humans but at the same time very alert. Although she is only three months old, she is not afraid of darkness or strange places. She can quickly find hidden food thanks to strong olfactory development.

Huahuangma, a great 7-year-old female sniff dog, has received great credit for the murder investigation by China’s Ministry of Public Security in 2016, which is the original version of Kunxun. The results of the tests showed that Kunxun DNA was similar to Huahuangma to 99.9%.

If for scientists, they feel very interested in the development and success of cloning technology in this study, then for the Chinese government, they see the maximum cost reduction in training police dogs.

It takes an average of five years to train a dog to become a professional police dog and $60,000. However, if this test is really effective and successful, cloned police dogs will be mass produced by the government. Training time and investment money are also greatly reduced, for example, scientists said Kunxun might be ready to become a professional police dog at ten months old.