Double Feature: Cute and Fuzzy Controversy!

If you found out your best friend had cancer, what would you do? This couple (lower left) got their beloved Sir Lancelot cloned, for a meager one hundred and fifty five thousand dollars by BioArts, a South Korean company. This company auctioned their service to the Otto family's dog, who won the bid against four other family pets.

I have nothing against cloning. I mean, if we're talking about people then it might be psychologically traumatizing to the individual in todays society... But we're talking about a puppy today, and a Woolly Mammoth in the near future. I don't think that's asking too much.


Admittedly, though, I'm sure a lot of crazy people are probably campaigning outside the Otto's household. It must be very hard on the family to know that a good chunk of the world hates their puppy. (Don't worry, Sir Lancelot the Second! I still think your neat!)

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In other news, the one of the cars that drive around taking pictures for Google Earth's "Street View" feature has, reportedly, killed a deer. Furthermore, the van drivers proceeded to upload the pictures of the deer getting hit. Although the pictures are no longer available on Google Earth or Google Maps, they are still floating around the internet. I've uploaded two of them (right and below), but there are at least four pictures with the different states of the deer visible.

Yikes!


Google has responded to this incident, saying that "the deer was able to move and had left the area by the time the police arrived".


There are plenty of good sightings out there on Google Streetview - from drug deals, to police brutality, to a "this is your speed" sign that shows the Google van speeding -  though I can't find too many good websites that collect them. When they get around to touring Ontario, you can bet I'll out on the streets posing pretty!


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D. Phillips