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Re-Pet a Reality
tigerdarklord writes "The Sci-Fi concept of pet cloning has become a commercial venture. Genetic Savings & Clone now not only offers genebanking for your pet (alive or recently dead), but a full service cloning shop. Although they started by producing two clones of the CEO's cat, they have now produced their first commercial clone for a woman from Texas. GSC has modified their cloning procedure to overcome the resemblance issues demonstrated when the College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M, created CopyCat. The technology looks promising but the $50,000 price tag will prove to place the service out of the reach of most pet owners."
As to the wisdom of spending $50k on a cat - any cat - I'd say that it depends a lot on your overall financial picture.
Put a needy kid through college...or get a kitten.
Supply starving villagers with a herd of cattle...or get a kitten
Save a child from starving to death...or get a kitten
Regardless of how much you earn, I don't see how blowing money of a frivoulous project like this could ever be called wise.
Wow the price of burlap sacks and rope MUST have gone up (along with the price of oil increases from having to drive to the nearest pond)
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