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U.S. company to clone kittens close
A Californian Biotechnikfirma that two years ago for the first time cloned a kitten to order and sold for $ 50,000, has ceased operations.

The ten-week-old “Little Nicky” clone of kittens “Nicky” (archive image from 2004). Source: dpa
AP SAN FRANCISCO. A Californian Biotechnikfirma that two years ago for the first time cloned a kitten to order and sold for $ 50,000, has ceased operations. The company do not take orders for more, because “until now could not develop technology that would make the cloning of pets economically viable,” quoting the San Francisco Chronicle “from a company press release.

The company Genetic Savings and Clone in San Francisco had sold since 2004, two cloned cats, including “Little Nicky”, a clone of cat “Nicky,” who had died aged 17 in 2003. The cat owner paid $ 50,000 at that time (40 000 €) for the nine-week-old cloned kittens for sale.

Founded by millionaire John Sperling U.S. company was the first in the world, the cloned cats for sale, and dog owners for the first time would also provide genetically identical copies of their four-legged friends. The attempt in 2002 by company founder who died dog clone Sperling was, but failed.

The case of “Little Nicky” was triggered by animal friends in the United States, mixed feelings. Animal rights activists took to the time that each year would in the U.S. million cats killed in animal shelters to find no takers. The recent news of the company’s closure has been welcomed by animal rights activists. “It was wrong in many ways to start such a business,” said the animal test respondent Sue Leary, the “Chronicle”. The company had taken advantage of grieving pet owners after the loss of their pet with the kittens for sale.

Managers Lou Hawthorne told the Los Angeles Times in 2004 that the cloning process over the coming years is likely to be more mature and less expensive. The world’s first cloned kitten, a female named CC, was born five years ago. Genetic Savings and Clone was also involved in this process.