June 19, 2008

Wave of the Future -- 'Best Friends Again' Auctions Dog Cloning

One of the few downsides to falling in love with your pet is their relatively short life span. In an effort to attain the unattainable, people are looking to clone their pets and keep them "alive".

Best Friends Again is holding cloning auctions this July for 5 cloning spots. Registration took place in May and cloning spots start @ $100, 000 and work up in increments.

The Best Friends Again program, sponsored by BioArts International, is a limited commercial dog cloning program. BioArts is the only entity in the world with both the know-how and the legal right to practice commercial dog and cat cloning. We are auctioning off 5 dog cloning service slots to the general public. We may or may not perform any additional commercial dog cloning services after this auction.
As many people are aware, dogs are arguably the most difficult mammal to clone. Due to the challenges unique to dog cloning, we can only offer a limited number of dog cloning service slots. With a very limited supply and a very large demand for this service, we have decided that an online auction is the fairest way to offer this special opportunity to the public.

Very controversial topic, needless to say. Especially with shelters overflowing with unwanted pets.

Cloning is the process of creating a new animal that is a genetic duplicate of a pre-existing animal. One way of thinking of a clone is that it is a later-born identical twin. Clones tend to resemble the originals (also called donors) to a great physical degree. Strong behavioral similarities between clones and donors have also been reported in some species, including both cat and dog.

For more information: Best Friends Again

via gizmag