News Rare sheep cloned from dead donor By Susan Milius October 18, 2001 at 10:23 am - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print With DNA from recently dead animals, an international team has cloned an imperiled The first cloned mouflon lamb grazes with surrogate mom. species. The unveiling of a mouflon sheep clone “is the first report of a dead cell used for cloning,” says Pasqualino Loi of the University of Teramo in Italy.