I'm paying £40k to CLONE my dog after it was killed by a mystery hit and run driver... but here is why it is worth every penny

A heartbroken mates are acceptable to wage a US favored cloning session astir £40k to bring their dormant canine backmost to beingness aft she was killed by a enigma driver.

Dominika Sojka, 34, and her spouse Ian Clague, 62, mislaid their 10-month-old puppy Bijoux connected June 29 aft helium escaped from the plot of their £1million Bournemouth location and was deed by a car.

The chartless operator did not halt astatine the country oregon telephone the police, which is the ineligible work of immoderate motorist who hits a canine nether UK Law.

Bijoux's assemblage was taken to a adjacent vet by an anonymous driver. A antheral the mates judge was down their dog's death, fixed his refusal to marque interaction contempt their pleas to staff.

It near the mates with a premix of nonaccomplishment and injustice – and galore questions astir what happened connected that fateful summertime evening to their beloved chow chow/husky transverse - oregon Chowsky.

Just days aft the mishap and portion Bijoux's assemblage was astatine the vets, Dominika, a backstage pitchy broker, was 'not acceptable to accidental goodbye'.

She recalls: 'She was gone truthful quickly. I was looking astatine ways to sphere her, I was reasoning of stuffing her, but past I thought I didn't privation her assemblage to beryllium disturbed successful immoderate way.

'Then I thought, possibly I tin clone her, which I thought wasn't truly possible, but erstwhile I looked it up I realised it was imaginable successful America. I was similar ''wow''.

'So I googled to spot whether you tin bash it successful the UK, and I recovered this institution called Gemini Genetics. I contacted them and asked if determination was immoderate mode we could clone Bijoux.

'They said they yes, they could bash it by taking Bijoux's DNA, they would conscionable request a tiny tegument sample.

'However, she was successful the freezer astatine the vet, which they said was a occupation due to the fact that a frozen dog's cells mightiness beryllium dead. They said they could not warrant it was going to work.

'But they managed to retrieve her cells and the DNA, they froze it astatine -197C.'

Ian, who owns and runs an engineering firm, said: 'They civilization the cells to marque definite they've got a batch of cells and past they frost it, truthful they've got a preserved sample, and you wage a definite magnitude for that.

'But the existent outgo is past erstwhile you clone the animal, and that has the hap successful the US due to the fact that it's not ineligible successful the UK. But you tin import you cloned canine erstwhile its alive.

'We met the laminitis of Gemini Genetics, and helium introduced america to his two-year-old cloned canine and it was lively and jumping and everything you'd expect.'

'They unrecorded arsenic agelong arsenic immoderate different animals', added Dominika.

Ian said: 'We haven't cloned her yet, she's successful heavy frost astatine the moment. It's rather costly to resurrect her, astir $50,000 (£40,000).

'But astatine a constituent successful clip we could bash that. We'll conscionable hold until we've got the funds together.'

Dominika said: 'It gives maine hope. I cognize it won't beryllium precisely the aforesaid canine - it's a twin. The colours volition beryllium the aforesaid but the mode the patches are volition astir apt beryllium different.

'But the shape, everything other volition beryllium the aforesaid arsenic Bijoux was. So, portion determination is inactive wounded from the death, she volition beryllium backmost with us.'

Despite their enquiries into cloning Bijoux, the mishap itself inactive loomed ample for Dominika and Ian.

So hopeless were they for answers they hired a backstage favored detective to hunt down the driver. 

But his investigations yet led to nothing, and the section constabulary dropped the case.

Dominika added: 'She was truthful lovely, precise lovable, and loved different dogs. She would ever tally to america successful the greeting and accidental hullo by jumping connected our bed.'

Ian said: 'Bijoux truly loved the forest. She loved to pursuit a hare oregon a rabbit oregon squirrel – not that she ever caught one'.

In a connection to the chartless driver, Dominika said: 'You deed our dog. The slightest you tin bash is prime up the telephone and telephone the police.

'I person truthful galore questions, but zero answers. It would truly assistance with closure'.

Ian added: 'Had the operator called the constabulary astatine the time, we whitethorn ne'er person had to spell done each this'.

In the aftermath of the tragedy, Ian and Dominika are calling connected each drivers to beryllium alert of their ineligible work to halt astatine the country and telephone the constabulary if they deed a dog.

On Wednesday, the carnal payment foundation Blue Cross launched the Blue Cross Code, a caller information inaugural encouraging drivers and favored owners to beryllium much alert to risks connected the road.

Research by the foundation reveals the bulk of UK drivers would interruption the instrumentality if they deed a canine with their vehicle.

The survey showed 86% of motorists would not telephone the constabulary if they injured a canine and nary proprietor was successful show – with that fig rising to 91% successful young drivers aged 18 to 24.

Under UK Law, a operator who hits a canine indispensable halt and study the mishap to the constabulary – however, the aforesaid ineligible request does not use if a feline is involved.

It is estimated that 80,000 dogs and 230,000 cats are deed by a car connected UK roads each year.