BioCentury
ARTICLE | Tools & Techniques

Cloning Fido

May 11, 1998 7:00 AM UTC

Valiant Venture Ltd.'s Clonapet service, announced last week, is being advertised as an opportunity for pet owners to genetically duplicate their household companions and prized racehorses. While most debate over cloning has drawn a clear line between cloning of animals and humans, cloning Fido as opposed to farm animals would make the technology far more familiar and perhaps comfortable to the average person.

Whether Valiant is in a position to pursue its idea can't be easily ascertained. A call to the company's phone in the Bahamas was cut off after BioCentury identified itself, and the company did not call back...