Today in 1997, Dolly the Sheep was revealed to the world's press. Dolly was the first ever successfully cloned mammal. Fun Fact: Dolly was named after Dolly Parton, because she was cloned using a mammary gland... | BBC Archive

Should science allow for human cloning? On what marks 23 years since Dolly the sheep became the first cloned mammal, the debate continues surrounding the ethics of cloning. Look back on Liz Hayes' 1997 report: youtu.be/jDi-eF0_f8s #60Mins | 60 Minutes Australia

Dolly the sheep, the first cloned mammal, is euthanized Dolly was born on the 5th of July 1996 and proved that a cell taken from a specific part of the body could be used to recreate a whole individual. This in turn led to great leaps forward in the promising field of stem cells. After successfully producing six lambs Dolly developed lung cancer caused by a viral infection and was put to sleep 5 months short of her 7th birthday… She was then stuffed and placed on display in the National Museum o