Weird & Interesting science, take 2

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but why breed more Dire Wolves beyond what they have? 

asked and answered

these ones were a mix of proof of concept, proof they can do it repeatably/reliably, and a large helping of PR stunt to gain attention/investors.

Being able to reliably make more of a given species will be important for their stated goal of helping to repopulate several endangered (or more recently extinct) species such as Red Wolves or Tasmanian Tigers.

If the edited genetics somehow ends up being sterile or unstable, then that's a problem for the other branches of the project as well. Logically that should not happen, but many things that should not happen do so anyway.