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Streisand says she cloned her dog -- twice
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Barbra Streisand attends Tribeca Talks: Barbra Streisand with Robert Rodriguez during the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival at BMCC Tribeca PAC on April 29, 2017 in New York City. (AFP/Dia Dipasupil )
Not once, but twice: before Barbra Streisand's dog died, she cloned it.
The US singer and actress disclosed this in an interview published Tuesday by Variety magazine.
Streisand's dog Samantha -- a Coton de Tulear, a small breed with a cotton-like coat -- died last year.
The cloned versions are named Miss Violet and Miss Scarlett.
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Streisand, 75, did not give many details of the cloning but said she collected cells from the mouth and stomach of her dying dog.
Of the new dogs, and Samantha, the two-time Oscar winner said: "I’m waiting for them to get older so I can see if they have her brown eyes and seriousness."
When Streisand brought the dogs home she dressed them in violet and scarlet to tell them apart.
She has a third dog, a distant relative of Samantha, that she calls Miss Fanny.
