I've never really seen the point of cloning a pet (as far as current science goes). Though whilst they may physically look like the deceased, they'll have a completely different personality. And to lift a quote from Pulp Fiction, "personality goes a long way".
Star Paws: Attack of the clones
In the ultimate barking mad diva act, Barbra Streisand has revealed she cloned her beloved dead dog Samantha, creating two more replicant canines. Streisand told Variety that her pets, Miss Violet and Miss Scarlett, were cloned from cells taken from the mouth and stomach of her beloved 14-year-old dog Samantha, who died in …
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Wednesday 28th February 2018 16:25 GMT LewisRage
@Gordon 10
This is easy to solve, simply copy the model for all these razor/recipe/beer/gin subscription boxes and couple it with the cloning technique.
Every month you get a fresh puppy clone in a dog sized box, you put the old one in and send it to the freepost address for introduction to the doggy retirement home (aka Soylent Pup). All for the low low price of £20/month (initial fee, rising to £20000/month after 1 month).
It'd need a clever name though. Best suggestion gets a 10% off their first month.
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Thursday 1st March 2018 09:48 GMT 's water music
Cloning As A Service
Personally my master VC startup plan was always to figure out how to stop a dogs gene expression in the "cute puppy" stage then $$$.
Shirley the beauty of a cloning operation is that you simply issue a new clone as sson as the current pet approaches the end of cute puppiness. Endless puppy for the owner, repeat fees for you. Perhaps you could grind up the no-longer-cute dogs as food for the new clones or render them for glue or something to further defray costs?
Dammit, ninjaed by @LewisRage
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Wednesday 28th February 2018 15:42 GMT Teiwaz
it's wonderful, isn't it?
They shouldn't sweat it since it takes someone with more dollars than sense at $50k a pop pup.
Still plenty of those about. Enough demand, and someone will manage to get the price down, even if it means cutting corners or ethics.
All that's needed is something like a cheap Max Headroom process for dogs (season 2 ep 2 : Deities)
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Wednesday 28th February 2018 15:34 GMT Velv
All our fears come true...
The advancement of medical science takes us down the road of curing many medical issues for humans and animals. In principle this is a good thing.
Offering a service cloning ones beloved pet however just proves true the fears raised by many of a market for "designer babies". Today it's dogs, tomorrow, well, go watch "The Island"
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Wednesday 28th February 2018 16:56 GMT James O'Shea
If PETA is against it
I, usually, for it. In the past at least 95% of the notions emitted from PETA's tailpipes have been utter nonsense at best, and strikingly evil at worst. I do agree with them when they say that there are too many humans on this rock. I suspect that they might not agree with my solution to the population problem.
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Wednesday 28th February 2018 23:47 GMT a_yank_lurker
Can't Tell Them Apart?
Not familiar with the breed, but some breeds of dogs and cats can look very much alike and the main differentiation is their behavior.
Seriously with the number of nice animals in shelters or available for breeders (both will cost a lot less) way clone? The only answer I can come up with is pure vanity couple with money and arrogance.
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Thursday 1st March 2018 10:08 GMT Nick Gisburne
Why clone any pet?
I've owned several dogs, and although they've all been the same breed (English springer spaniels), part of the joy of having each dog is that they were all very different, in both looks and personality. The only reason I can see for having a clone is that they would look the same and/or act the same. Yet I wouldn't want to be constantly reminded that my new companion looks just like the old one, but really isn't. Sam, Ralfie, Douglas... never replaced, just, er, a word that means I'll be looking for a new one eventually, but NOT a clone!
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Thursday 1st March 2018 14:01 GMT Patched Out
Cloning aside ...
One reason we haven't adopted a dog out of a shelter is because my wife is allergic to most breeds except the "hypoallergenic" ones. With a shelter dog, you may not know what mix of breeds it is, so there is a risk she could be allergic to it.
Oddly, she is not allergic to cats.