One of Yunnan's best police dogs cloned

China has cloned a canine known as the "Sherlock Holmes of police dogs" to help detectives in Yunnan province. Scientists hope such technology will help meet the country's huge need for quality police dogs, which are expensive and time-consuming to train.

The canine named Kunxun, which has a distinguished lineage, is the first cloned police dog in China. She is a female of the Kunming wolfdog breed - a cousin to the German shepherd. Wolfdogs often are used for border security, police work and firefighting in China, according to the Kunming Police Dog Base of the Ministry of Public Security.

Kunxun, now around 3 months old, recently arrived at the center to begin basic training, Science and Technology Daily reports. At around 6 months old, Kunxun will begin three to five months of training, including following and tracking, drug investigation, crowd control and searching for evidence.