AR-News: Hello Kitty or Frankenpet?

[jim robertson]

Hello Kitty or Frankenpet?

Debra J. Saunders
  Tuesday, April 20, 2004


"MANY DISCRIMINATING cat lovers know exactly which cat they want, are 
willing to pay for it and won't settle for anything less," reads the Web 
site for Genetic Savings and Clone, which now is charging pet owners $50,000 
to clone their cat.

What the Sausalito company refers to as "discriminating cat fanciers," most 
Americans would call suckers or fools. Thousands of cats are killed every 
day in animal shelters for want of a home. Yet some people with more money 
than sense are ready to spend what equals more than the median U.S. 
household income in a fruitless attempt to sort-of recreate their cat.



http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/04/20/EDGA367MFG1.DTL

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"As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he
always had the same thought: in their behavior toward creatures, all men are 
Nazis.
The smugness with which man could do with other species as he pleased
exemplified the most extreme racist theories, the principle that might is 
right."
                     ~ Isaac Bashevis Singer

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