People are spending upwards of $50,000 to clone pets.
Seriously, get a cat from a shelter. There are millions of adorable and kind pets waiting for people to take care of them. If no one adopts them (for a very small price, if any), they are killed. For the cost of a single pet clone, hundreds of thousands of children could get food and medical attention and a lonely animal can find a caring home.
The financing for Shadow's successor won't be trivial. Preserving the cells, a necessary beginning for anyone interested in creating a clone, can run $300 to $1,400, not including veterinarian costs and yearly storage fees. But these expenses pale in comparison with the cost of the clone itself: at Genetic Savings and Clone, the company that stored Shadow's DNA, the price is $32,000 - reduced from the original $50,000, but still an impressive sum.
Mr. Cheng said that he would pay whatever it cost - although he is waiting until the price drops a bit - because he misses his cat so. "Shadow had two really long, funny-looking teeth like sabers," he said. "Everyone loved him."
I take back what I said. Saber teeth are just toooo cute!!!
