DES MOINES, IOWA -- A cloned animal has won a championship ribbon at the Iowa State Fair for the first time.
This year's 4-H grand champion steer was named Doc. He is a clone of the 2008 winner, named Wade.
Both steers were shown by 17-year-old Tyler Faber of Sioux City. Faber's father, David Faber, is president of Trans Ova Genetics of Sioux Center, which does cloning. David Faber says Doc was cloned and shown at the fair to demonstrate what cloning can accomplish.
The director of 4-H livestock judging at the fair says judges didn't know Doc was a clone when they gave him the blue ribbon on
Aug. 18. But Mike Anderson also says entering a clone in the competition is not against the rules.
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