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By Franny Syufy, About.com Guide to Cats

Two New "Copy Cats" Born in California

Friday August 6, 2004
Two cloned kittens were born in June to separate surrogate mothers, from genetic material from their biological mother, Tahini, a one-year-old Bengal cat belonging to Lou Hawthorne, CEO of Genetics Saving & Clone. Hawthorne's company is using a new cloning method called chromatin transfer, which it believes to be safer and more efficient than traditional methods.

The kittens, named Tabouli and Baba Ganoush seemed to be doing quite well when I saw them on TV last night.

The folks at Genetic Savings & Clone would be happy to help you clone your own cat, at a price in the neighborhood of $50,000. For more information , read the Reuters article.

More Information on Cloning Cats
  • Cloned Kitten: Hope vs Controversy (Source of photo above, left.)
  • Cloning Cats Poll
  • Comments

    March 26, 2007 at 2:39 pm
    (1) francina says:

    nice cat it is so pretty

    March 13, 2009 at 10:11 am
    (2) Cat lover says:

    You should not do this to cat’s

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