After finishing a surprising first in Argentina’s presidential primaries in August, Javier Milei grabbed a microphone in front of a raucous crowd and thanked Conan, Murray, Milton, Robert and Lucas.
“My four-legged children.”Mr. Milei, a far-right libertarian who is the favorite in Argentina’s presidential election on Sunday, would head to the country’s presidential offices, the Casa Rosada, not with a spouse and children, but with five mastiffs he has long called his children.
Technically speaking, however, those five dogs are not traditional offspring of any animal.
They are genetic copies of Mr. Milei’s former dog, also named Conan, and were created in a laboratory in upstate New York.
Mr. Milei’s five cloned dogs have become objects of fascination in Argentina’s presidential election and a window into his unusual candidacy.
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Javier Milei, Conan, Murray, Milton, Robert, Lucas, “, ” Mr, Milei, Milei’s
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U.S .
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New York