Cloned laika dog supermum gives birth to her second litter of 7 puppies in 7 months

The Siberian dog had a litter of seven puppies in May last year - and now she is proudly showing off her latest babies born on 1 January. 

'Seven puppies were born, two boys and five girls,’ said Dmitry Ivanov, member of Bayanay hunting club in Yakutia region.

'All of them are well, they were born strong.’

Two cloned dogs Kerechene and Belekh came to regional capital  Yakutsk from South Korea in June 2017. 

The test tube dogs were ‘born’ in Sooam Biotech Research Foundation in Seoul. 

Kerechene was brought to life by using a small fragment of her mother’s ear by South Korean scientists under Dr. Hwang Woo Suk who are also working on bringing the extinct woolly mammoth back from extinction. 

They aim to use remnants of the hairy beasts preserved for thousands of years in the permanently ice-bound soil of Siberia. 

The latest puppies were born naturally after fertile Kerechene had a mate date with a laika in Namtsy district. 

'We will be giving the puppies away to hunters, one of them will go to Namtsy,’ said Dmitry. 

The cloning was undertaken in a joint project with scientists from North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk.

Kerechene’s development is being studied for the purpose of genetic research.

The cloned were passed to Bayanay hunting club. 

Aged three month, Kerechene was introduced to her natural mother.