How long did dolly the sheep live?

Dolly the sheep clone dies young Dolly the Sheep was born in 1996 Dolly the sheep, who became famous as the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell, has died. read more

Other cloned animals appear normal and healthy, for example the 24 calf clones created by US cloning company Advanced Cell Technology, but these have yet to live long enough to draw any conclusions. On 2 February 2003, Australia’s first cloned sheep died unexpectedly at the age of two years and 10 months. read more

The Roslin Institute stated that intensive health screening did not reveal any abnormalities in Dolly that could have come from advanced aging. In 2016 scientists reported no defects in thirteen cloned sheep, including four from the same cell line as Dolly. read more