It's Just a Cat!

SAN FRANCISCO Dec 23, 2004 — The first cloned-to-order pet sold in the United States is named Little Nicky, a 9-week-old kitten delivered to a Texas woman saddened by the loss of a cat she had owned for 17 years.

The kitten cost its owner $50,000 and was created from DNA from her beloved cat, named Nicky, who died last year.

Ok, I can see how this lady would miss her cat. I've lost pets before and it brought me down... for about a day each. IT'S A CAT!! I'm sorry but I just don't see how someone could get so attached to am animal that they would be willing to pay more than a lot of people make in a year for a cloned copy of their dearly departed animal. She could have simply gotten a new cat. Like one at an animal shelter that could be destroyed unless someone adopts it. It's not our place to play God and try to bring our dearly departed back to life. Death is a part of life and, yes, we must accept it.

I could think of many things she could have done with that money. She could have given it to a deserving charity (like the Salvation Army). She could have given it to her family. Hell, if the money was burning that big of a hole in her pocket I know of a broke ass DJ she could have given it to (*cough* me *cough*).

I find it iroinic that the cat's name is "Little Nicky." Do we not remember the movie by that name? Little Nicky was the seed of Satan! Hmm...

This world has officially gone to Hell.

--Jonathan