A clinic in Marbella has become the first in Spain to offer pet cloning services, but the procedure comes with a hefty price tag: €50,000 for a cat and €55,000 for a dog.
Cloning pets is a complex yet legal process, sparking a mix of opinions. The procedure requires a DNA sample from the pet, either while it is alive or immediately after death, to create a genetically identical copy.
Despite sharing the same genetics, the cloned pet will not be an exact replica. “It will be very similar to the original but will have its own character,” said Gemma Marfany, a genetics professor at the University of Barcelona, in an interview with Malaga Hoy.
The demand for pet cloning is rising, despite ethical concerns. Many pet owners are opting to freeze their pets’ DNA at a lower cost with the intention of cloning in the future. The practice is already popular in countries like the United States and China.
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