An apparatus for transferring an embryo from a uterus of a female donor mammalian animal in pregnancy to a uterus of a female recipient mammalian animal and raising the embryo to full term in the recipient animal, the apparatus comprising: an endoscope having a camera ; the endoscope having a remote end of the endoscope arranged to be inserted vaginally into the uterus of the donor animal to a location adjacent the embryo on the wall of the uterus of the donor animal; the remote end of the endoscope being operable to move the remote end to different positions within the uterus; an elongate carrying member extending outwardly from the remote end of the endoscope; a scoop member carried on the elongate carrying member to scoop up the embryo from the wall of the uterus; the elongate carrying member being operable for movement in rotation about a longitudinal axis of the elongate carrying member; the elongate carrying member being operable for movement longitudinally relative to longitudinal axis of the elongate carrying member; and an enclosing member operable to enclose the embryo after the embryo is scooped up; characterized in that the enclosing member comprises a cover portion carried on the remote end of the endoscope so that the scoop member is pulled into a retracted position in cooperation with the cover portion by retraction movement of the elongate carrying member ; the scoop member comprises a bowl with a generally semi-spherical bottom portion forming a top edge of the bowl; where the top edge of the bowl extends from a lower portion of the top edge of the bowl at the end of the bowl adjacent the remote end of the elongate carrying member to a raised end wall portion of the bowl at the end of the bowl remote from the elongate carrying member; and wherein the cover portion comprises a generally arched wall with side edges which in the retracted position cover the top edge of the bowl and an end edge which butts up to the raised end wall portion . an endoscope having a camera ; the endoscope having a remote end of the endoscope arranged to be inserted vaginally into the uterus of the donor animal to a location adjacent the embryo on the wall of the uterus of the donor animal; the remote end of the endoscope being operable to move the remote end to different positions within the uterus; an elongate carrying member extending outwardly from the remote end of the endoscope; a scoop member carried on the elongate carrying member to scoop up the embryo from the wall of the uterus; the elongate carrying member being operable for movement in rotation about a longitudinal axis of the elongate carrying member; the elongate carrying member being operable for movement longitudinally relative to longitudinal axis of the elongate carrying member; and an enclosing member operable to enclose the embryo after the embryo is scooped up; characterized in that the enclosing member comprises a cover portion carried on the remote end of the endoscope so that the scoop member is pulled into a retracted position in cooperation with the cover portion by retraction movement of the elongate carrying member ; the scoop member comprises a bowl with a generally semi-spherical bottom portion forming a top edge of the bowl; where the top edge of the bowl extends from a lower portion of the top edge of the bowl at the end of the bowl adjacent the remote end of the elongate carrying member to a raised end wall portion of the bowl at the end of the bowl remote from the elongate carrying member; and wherein the cover portion comprises a generally arched wall with side edges which in the retracted position cover the top edge of the bowl and an end edge which butts up to the raised end wall portion . <EOS>