Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady revealed that his dog, Junie , is a clone of his late dog, Lua , who died in 2023.

Brady, 48, said Colossal Biosciences, a biotech company that he's an investor in, used blood collected prior to Lua's death to clone her as part of the company's announcement of the acquisition of Viagent Pets and Equine on Tuesday (November 4).

“I love my animals. They mean the world to me and my family,” Brady said via PEOPLE . “A few years ago, I worked with Colossal and leveraged their non-invasive cloning technology through a simple blood draw of our family's elderly dog before she passed.”

Brady claimed that Colossal Biosciences "gave my family a second chance with a clone of our beloved dog," adding that he is “excited how Colossal and Viagen's t

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