Tom Brady's pet dog is reportedly a clone.

The former NFL quarterback turned Fox Sports broadcaster said Tuesday in a statement obtained by PEOPLE that his current dog, Junie, was cloned from his late dog, Lua, who passed away in 2023.

The announcement coincided with a statement from Colossal Biosciences — a biotech start-up in which Brady is an investor in — that the company had acquired another animal cloning firm.

“I love my animals. They mean the world to me and my family,” Brady said in a statement. “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.”

Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences also made headlines earlier this year when it announced the successful birth of t

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