Cloning is used to replicate endangered species and avoid extinction. As announced in February 2021, cloning successfully created the first American endangered species: a black-footed ferret. It was duplicated from the genes of a black-footed ferret which died more than 30 years earlier.<ref>https://apnews.com/article/1st-cloned-endagered-species-ferret-23cde3908e496692648dc28d4b8121ee</ref>
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Cloning is used to replicate endangered species and avoid extinction. As announced in February 2021, cloning successfully created the first American endangered species: a black-footed ferret. It was duplicated from the genes of a black-footed ferret which died more than 30 years earlier, and born on December 10, 2020.<ref>https://apnews.com/article/1st-cloned-endagered-species-ferret-23cde3908e496692648dc28d4b8121ee</ref>