Pet kitten cloned for Christmas

[emad]

BBC

Little Nicky has the same traits as the original, his owner says

Nine-week-old Little Nicky is said to be the first made-to-order, commercially cloned pet kitten.

Produced for a Texas woman for the princely sum of $50,000 (£26,000), Little Nicky might look like an ordinary kitten.

But he has been cloned using the DNA of Nicky, a dearly loved pet of 17 years.

The original cat, owned by a woman known only as Julie, died last year. But Little Nicky is identical, in both looks and personality, she says.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4120179.stm

CAN'T think who'd want to clone any of my bunch of rabble-rousin' feline monsters of depravity....last night they trashed the neighbors' hot tub with left over pizza remains and now the woman next door is really sore with me and mine....

[motely36]

1. Wouldn't it have been cheaper just to go to the pound?

[LDS Jock]

2. at say $100 dollars at the pound

she could have brought home 500 cats. I can't believe anyone paid that much for a replicat. Money aside, I just think its kinda creepy.

[bloodyjack]

3. OK

Suppose the life span of a cat is 50 years, and you clone a cat that is 45 years old. Won't the clone complete its life cycle in 5 years?

Isn't that how it works out? Wasn't this the case for Dolly the sheep?