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First commercially cloned dog $150,000

What if you have $150,000 in your pocket? You will probably buy a nice house, a luxurious car, some trendy gadgets and tour the Carribean on a grand holiday cruise. This is not the case, however, for a Californian woman who wants to spend the same amount to have her dead pet cloned in the world's first commercial dog cloning project, says the Times Online.

A Tale Of Two Cats

One would think that it is mathematically improbable to talk about three heads and nine limbs when it only involves two cats. But a cat from Pennsylvania and another from Kedah, Malaysia defied mathematical and genetic logic when they were born with an extra limb and an extra head, respectively.

Clone a Dead Pet

A newly established Korean biotech firm promises to clone anyone's dead pets. Among the employees of the firm RNL Bio is Dr. Lee Byeong-chun . The company plans to charge as much as $150,000 for the procedure.

Feline Communication

They say actions speak louder than words but this may not always be the case – especially when it comes to our feline friends. As we all know, communication is a vital part of human life. For pet owners however, communication may not be that easy when it comes to their pet.

Mieshelle Nagelschneider, a feline behavior consultant, shares the most common non-verbal feline messages that have helped her clients improve their relationship with their pet, together with some suggestions on how to effectively respond to them.

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Harp Music Calms 'Mad Cow'

Dogs and cats may lack the musical prowess of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart but they can appreciate soothing harp vibrations. Be it harp music in D (for dog) major or in C (for cat) major, canines and felines savor the healing power of music just as the great composer flips over the first crack of a musical note.

Hospice For Terminally Ill Pets

 

Trakr is a retired search-and-rescue police dog. Immediately after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he was one of the first police dogs to go through the rubble to search for survivors. He is a 15-year-old German Shepherd who has rendered unconditional service to the community and now has degenerative myelopathy, a spinal cord disease that causes loss of coordination in the hind limbs.

Glow-In-The-Dark Korean Kitties

 

Researchers at Korea's Gyeongsang National University have successfully cloned 'glow-in-the-dark' cats, another milestone in genetic manipulation studies. The experiment essentially are two procedures, cloning and gene splicing, done on two generations of a single cat line.

Creating the perfect police dog

NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia: Good police dogs are hard to find. So hard, in fact, that the New South Wales Police Force Dog Unit is 'making' them instead.

The designer-dog hybrid craze

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Poomachu! Bless you. Thanks, but no one actually sneezed. A Poomachu is actually a new dog breed, mixing a Chihuahua and a Poodle. The number of new dog breed hybrids is on the rise, with the world hungry for more.

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