Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Former NFL quarterback Tom Brady said Tuesday that his dog, Junie, is a clone of his dog who died about two years ago.
Brady made the announcement in a statement the same day Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences, the company that cloned his dog, acquired Viagen Pets and Equine, which specializes in cloning animals, ESPN reported.
The six-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback is an investor in Colossal Biosciences, which describes itself as the "de-extinction company" that drew headlines earlier this year for cloning dire wolves after they had been extinct for more than 10,000 years.
"I love my animals," Brady said in a statement released by the company to the press. "They mean the world to me and my family. A few years ago, I worked with Colossal and leveraged their non-invasive cloning technology through a simple blood draw of our family's elderly dog before she passed."
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