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Businessman Huang Yu has become the proud pet parent of China’s first cloned cat.
Devastated by the death of his previous cat, Garlic, Huang sought the services of biotechnology company Sinogene. The Beijing-based firm charged Huang ¥250,000 (about $35,000 US) to generate a clone of his beloved pet, according to the Chinese news outlet The Global Times. The resulting kitten, also named Garlic, was born on July 21 and will stay at the Sinogene lab for another month before being sent home, according to The New York Times.
“In my heart, Garlic is irreplaceable. Garlic didn’t leave anything for future generations, so I could only choose to clone,” says Huang in an interview with The New York Times.
Sinogene has offered pet-cloning services since 2015 and has cloned 40 dogs so far, each at $53,000 a pop. The company began attempting to clone Garlic after seeing ...
