Meets the Emotional Needs of Young Generations

https://www.sinogenepets.com/china-creates-first-cloned-kittenmeets-the-emotional-needs-of-young-generations.html

The cloned cat, also named Garlic, was created from skin cells from the original cat after his owner unearthed the corpse. (Phys.org)

(FOX NEWS) -- A company in China has created the first cloned cat in the country after the original cat died suddenly in January.

Huang Yu reached out to Sinogene, a commercial pet-cloning company that has already cloned more than 40 dogs, after his cat, Garlic, died unexpectedly of a urinary tract infection.

"In my heart, Garlic is irreplaceable," Huang, 22, said in an interview with The New York Times. "Garlic didn't leave anything for future generations, so I could only choose to clone."

Huang added that he was sad when his cat died, because it was sudden. "I blame myself for not taking him to the hospital in time, which led to his death," he told AFP.

The cat cloned in china, also named Garlic, was created from skin cells from the original cat after Huang unearthed the corpse. Sinogene biotechnology took DNA samples and put them into feline eggs, ultimately producing 40 cloned embryos that were placed in surrogate cats.

There were three pregnancies, but only one made it to full term, Chen Benchi, the head of Sinogene's experiments team, told the Times.

The whole process cost Huang $35,000, although the 40 dogs that were previously cloned ran approximately $53,000 each.