Noori (goat)

Noori
SpeciesPashmina goat
SexFemale
Born9 March 2012
SKUAST-K, Srinagar, India
Died15 March 2023 (age 11)
Shuhama Farm SKUAST-K
Cause of deathAging
NationalityIndia
Notable roleFirst cloned pashmina goat

Noori (Arabic word for "light") was a female pashmina goat, the first pashmina goat to be cloned using the process of nuclear transfer. Born on 9 March 2012, she was kept at the place of her birth, at the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shuhama, Srinagar in the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir.