Paul McDevitt
Sherlock Clones
WHAT has four legs, wears a deerstalker and cracks unsolvable crimes? Why, Sherlock the police dog of course. Or rather Sherlock the police dogs. China’s state-owned tabloid Global Times reports that Sinogene, a biotechnology company, has cloned a celebrated police sniffer dog, and in the future.
Readers are invited to give this new puppy meme their own score on a scale from “cute” to “alarming”. The mutt clone army would have its advantages, though: its paw soldiers would supposedly be ready for duty at just 10 months old, while traditionally sourced dogs need…
