 Snuppy was named as Time Magazine 's " Most Amazing Invention " of the year in 2005 . Particular recognition was given to the cloning technique used in the process , which Time stated was " embodied by a history @-@ making puppy " . Despite numerous labs performing mammalian cloning , they cited that Hwang 's team and Snuppy were " extraordinary " . The experiment was criticised by Robert <unk> , director of Columbia University 's Masters in Bioethics program , who cited that the process raised the question of if humans are " just a mass of cells and biological processes ? " Hwang himself criticised the process , stating that it did not bring science any closer to human cloning and the complexities , coupled with the low success rate ( one in 123 ) , did not make it ethical to clone family pets . Ian <unk> , the scientist behind the successful cloning of Dolly the sheep , said that the successful cloning of Snuppy proved that any mammal could be cloned in the correct environments and that a global ban on human cloning needed to be quickly implemented because of this . The Kennel Club criticised the entire concept of dog cloning , on the grounds that their mission is to " To promote in every way the general improvement of dogs " and no improvement can occur if replicas are being created . 
