Over the years, losing my dogs has been among the saddest things I’ve ever experienced. That said, I got over it and moved on. Wendy and Raptor are in a better place now (or at least not trapped in bodies riddled with cancer). It seems one couple in Florida couldn’t quite get past the idea that their dear old dog was gone and decided to have him cloned.

DNA samples of Edgar and Nina Otto’s golden labrador, Sir Lancelot, were taken and frozen years ago. When Lancelot finally passed away (cancer, similar to poor Wendy) last January, the couple sent the DNA samples to BioArts International in South Korea, which in turn created a clone of Lancelot. The Biotech Research Foundation is led by Hwang Woo-suk, the scientist who lost his job at Seoul National University in 2004 when he lied about creating the first clones of human embryos and stem cells.

The couple bid $155,000 to have Lance cloned and named the 10 week old puppy Lancelot Encore. Was it worth it? Well, the couple clearly adore their dog. In statements made to the media both Edgar and Nina have lavished praise on the dog they spent 11 years with.

"Sir Lancelot was the most human of any dog we've ever had," Edgar Otto said in the BioArts statement. "He was a prince among dogs."

The couples’ feelings aside, there’s a significant number of people who think spending so much money on cloning a pet when there’s an endless number of dogs in shelters and pounds looking for homes is wasteful. For the record the couple claims to have donated more than the sum they paid for Lancelot Encore to the Humane Society of the United States. That said, according to CNN, The Humane Society of the United States says it’s against the cloning of animals.

So what’s the verdict, creepy or caring?