Courtesy of Danielle Langloism, Wikipedia CCLCloning Pashmina Goats
India’s National Dairy Research Institute plans to clone a rare Pashmina goat as part of its program to preserve species on the verge of extinction.
“After we achieved success in cloning of buffalo, our scientists thought of undertaking the project that will help enhance production of this finest quality (Pashmina) wool,” the institute’s director, A.K. Srivastava, told Press Trust of India.
The institute successfully cloned a buffalo this year. Named Garima, the cloned buffalo was born June 6.
A Pashmina, or changthangi goat, is to be selected from a herd in Kashmir and cloned under the direction of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences, Srivastava said.
