Chinese pet cloning charges up to US$52,000, raises ethical and health concerns


As people's attachment to pets grows in China more people are forking out large amounts of cash to replicate dead 'fur babies'. — SCMP

Losing a beloved pet in China is increasingly becoming not the end of a beautiful friendship, but the start of something almost as good, thanks to the growing use of animal cloning services.

One such pet lover, Liu Xing, a designer from Beijing, adopted a street cat she called Tomcat more than a decade ago, the Science and Technology Daily reported.

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