The technique may finally be emerging as a way to preserve species at risk of extinction.
Because of this history, Novak says scientists waited to announce this latest horse’s birth until he survived infancy. Even now, they’ll have to monitor his health for the rest of his life. As for Kurt, he’s in “great health,” Novak says. He now lives at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park with a female Przewalski’s horse, Holly.
Plus, a domestic species often needs to serve as a surrogate—this ameliorates the risks of taking an endangered species out of its natural habitat and putting it through the surrogacy procedure. But for many endangered species, there are no domestic animals that are genetically similar enough to carry a successful pregnancy.
The real problems that threaten most species, he says, are environmental, and cloning can’t fix those. Jachowski previously worked at the US Fish and Wildlife Service, where he helped coordinate the recovery of the black-footed ferret, an endangered North American animal. The species was close to extinction after its main food source—prairie dogs—were decimated by disease, habitat loss, and poisoning campaigns.
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