In 1972 Hyatt formed Elsinore Corporation, a subsidiary to operate the Four Queens Hotel and Casino and the Hyatt Lake Tahoe. After Hyatt became a private company in 1979, Elsinore was spun off as a public company.
Cloning endangered species is much easier, mainly because the surviving animals can donate healthy, living cells. In fact, several wild species have been cloned already, including two relatives of cattle called the guar and the banteng, mouflon sheep, deer, bison, and coyotes. However, some experts are skeptical that cloning can help a species recover.
14 Feb. 2003:Dolly the sheep, the first cloned mammal, is dead at age 6, of a lung infection. Her death probably had nothing to do with the fact that she was a clone, said Dr. Ian Wilmut. The fact the she isn't there any more will be brought home to us when we go near that barn and she's not there, Dr. Wilmut said.