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Injaz celebrated her 6th and 10th birthday in April 2015 and 2019, marking a milestone in the development of cloning and biotechnology in the UAE. She lived a healthy life and gave birth to two cloned calves during her lifetime. Injaz died on
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Injaz's first birth was lauded around the world as proof that cloned camels could conceive naturally. She gave birth to her first calf, a female, on
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Wernery and Lulu Skidmore, commented that the camel cloning "gives a means of preserving the valuable genetics of our elite racing and milk-producing camels in the future."
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