The world’s biggest animal cloning factory is being built in China to churn out dogs, horses and a million beef cattle a year.
The £20million (R420m) plant will develop pets, police dogs, racehorses and cows to be sold on an industrial scale.
Xu Xiaochun, head of one of its co-founders, the Chinese biotechnology firm Boyalife, said the factory in the northern port of Tianjin would start production next year.
He added: ‘Chinese farmers are struggling to produce enough beef cattle to meet market demand.’
But social media users expressed scepticism over the appetite for cloned meat, and pointed out that China was plagued with food safety scandals. One said: ‘Please make our leaders eat it first.’ – Daily Mail