Thread: Thai woman spends 6 million baht to clone beloved French bulldog

A 50-year-old woman in Ratchaburi’s Ban Pong district spent around 6 million baht to clone a dog she loved and considered her child.
A female French bulldog named Paphaeng, now five months old, is Thailand’s first cloned dog. Despite a slight difference in the left ear pattern, she appears healthy and cheerful.


Kancharat Sakdikonthanasiri, Paphaeng’s owner, revealed that the original Paphaeng had died from canine Cushing’s syndrome. She then contacted Supasek Sarachitti, a stem cell expert known for successfully cloning dogs.


Supasek agreed but set two conditions: Kancharat had to appoint someone to care for the cloned dog after her passing and be prepared for criticism about cloning being unnatural.

Kancharat included the cloned dog and her 16 other dogs in her will. She acknowledged that while the cloning process cost 6 million baht, she valued the emotional bond over money.


“Paphaeng gave me strength to fight through life’s struggles,” she said.


Supasek extracted cells from the original Paphaeng’s ear and sent them to South Korea, where cloning expert Hwang Woo-Suk successfully cloned the dog after five attempts over a year.


The cost included cloning and genetic modification, with the latter alone exceeding 20 million baht. However, Hwang waived the genetic modification fee after seeing Kancharat’s deep attachment to Paphaeng.

When the cloned Paphaeng met Kancharat at four months old, she stared at her owner before showing signs of recognition. To Kancharat’s surprise, the cloned dog understood Thai commands.


This aligns with the doctor’s remark that cloned dogs will not only share the same shape, colour, and gender, but may also retain memories—except for their body markings, which might differ.


Kancharat acknowledged criticism about cloning being unnatural but sees it as a scientific advancement that reunited her with her beloved pet without harming others.


As for the original Paphaeng’s remains, Kancharat has preserved them in refrigeration and plans to bury them at her home when the time comes.

Thai woman spends 6 million baht to clone beloved French bulldog

Surely that's Armstrong's dog?

They've just stuck a pink cardy on the poor thing.

6 million Baht? I got Yogi for free!

She will be another of the many canine obsessives to be seen around bangkoks high end shopping malls these days with their pampered pooches.

Ive seen ugly little fukkers like chihuahuas and fancy coiffured mini poodles with earings and necklaces, dogs with brand labelled socks and mini crocs footwear, dogs being wheeled around in pricey looking pram like carriages with attached fans to keep them cool or in prissy little baskets carried by their owners.

It wont be long before their sick owners are seeking cosmetic surgery for their pets.

Originally Posted by taxexile

She will be another of the many canine obsessives to be seen around bangkoks high end shopping malls these days with their pampered pooches.

Ive seen ugly little fukkers like chihuahuas and fancy coiffured mini poodles with earings and necklaces, dogs with brand labelled socks and mini crocs footwear, dogs being wheeled around in pricey looking pram like carriages with attached fans to keep them cool or in prissy little baskets carried by their owners.

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Indonesians have picked up this nausea inducing habit also.

This aligns with the doctor’s remark that cloned dogs will not only share the same shape, colour, and gender, but may also retain memories—except for their body markings, which might differ.

Say what? A doctor said that?

it’s not how memories & DNA works.

Originally Posted by taxexile

Ive seen ugly little fukkers like chihuahuas….

HEY! My beautiful little chihuahua goes nekked.

He/she is cute!

^Thanks, but she is just a dog. When she kicks the bucket she will replaced by another model, not a clone!

Originally Posted by misskit

HEY! My beautiful little chihuahua goes nekked.

Its got a fukking necklace on! Do you wipe its arse after it shits as well?

Not a necklace, that’s a cheap bell that came on her collar. She’s a dog. She has a collar so she can be walked. No ass wiping. She’s a dog.

Go on and admit it, Tax. She’s a beautiful little thing.

Originally Posted by misskit

Go on and admit it, Tax. She’s a beautiful little thing.

He’s trying his best not too!

Originally Posted by misskit

She’s a beautiful little thing.

Cute!

Five minutes with Yogi would wipe that innocent look from her face!

Originally Posted by Mendip

6 million Baht? I got Yogi for free!

For 6 million Baht you can have Yogi II. A bargain.

Originally Posted by DrWilly

He/she is cute!

But is she as cute as tax?

Go on and admit it, Tax. She’s a beautiful little thing.

'Orrible little pests.

Little Lola was properly socialized. She is happy to see other dogs and people as well. No barking ‘orrible pest is she.

She even greets grumpy old farts.

Go on, ain’t she cute?

Originally Posted by misskit

Little Lola was properly socialized. She is happy to see other dogs and people as well. No barking ‘orrible pest is she.

She even greets grumpy old farts.

Go on, ain’t she cute?

Gigil, she is.

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