krs
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posted on February 14, 2002 01:29:04 PM new
They clone one:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20020214/ts/science_clone_dc_1.html
What a cutie!!
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alwaysbroke
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posted on February 14, 2002 06:43:13 PM new
[ edited by alwaysbroke on Feb 14, 2002 06:44 PM ]
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Borillar
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posted on February 14, 2002 06:55:55 PM new
Breaks my heart to look at it. I like dogs, but I love cats. That one is adoreable!
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hjw
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posted on February 14, 2002 08:09:58 PM new
Such a cute liitle kitten...I hope that he will be healthy.
I doubt that Ashcroft will aprove of this cloned cat...He believes calico cats are signs of the devil when in fact, Ashcroft himself is perceived as the devil. I read this somewhere ....LOL...I have a theory - he probably hates calico cats because the vast majority of calicos are female. And because cats don't wear clothes. You know he doesn't like naked women! 
Helen
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Borillar
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posted on February 14, 2002 09:38:53 PM new
Yah, I always suspected that Ashcroft was a rear-ranger. He reminds me of Hoover - not the president either.
Borillar
"Friends don't let friends vote republican"
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roadsmith
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posted on February 14, 2002 11:39:27 PM new
I guess we should be grateful that they cloned a gorgeously cute one. I swear that just looking at this little darling is healing.
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monkeysuit
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posted on February 15, 2002 02:28:39 AM new
Now, if they could just clone them in a way that would keep them alive but frozen at the age of 2 months or so. Perpetual kittens and puppies that never grow up to be cats and dogs. I'd buy one.
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saabsister
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posted on February 15, 2002 04:18:32 AM new
Ah, a cat thread. AND one with a science overtone. AND started by krs. Too much.
I hope the kitty remains healthy.
Helen, I bet there aren't too many calls to clone Ashcroft....yet.
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alwaysbroke
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posted on February 15, 2002 04:28:28 AM new
Will someone please repeat again how to insert a graphic. I have a cute animated kitty to share and a bunch of new smilies I found.
Sorry...and thanks.
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hjw
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posted on February 15, 2002 06:08:18 AM new
Almostbroke
How to add a link, url or smiley is explained on this page
For example to add an image...my pictures are located at mindspring and my name there is ~fada...so this is how I do it.
[$img]http://www.mindspring.com/~fada/picturename.jpg[$/img] Remove the dollar signs, of course. 
Helen
[ edited by hjw on Feb 15, 2002 06:09 AM ]
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alwaysbroke
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posted on February 15, 2002 06:13:58 AM new
THANKS hjw. I will work on it!
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hjw
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posted on February 15, 2002 06:29:37 AM new
This story is on the front page of the Washington Post today. Animal care organizations, such as PETA, who have been trying to reduce feline birth rates through nationwide spaying and neutering programs have been very critical of the cloning of pets.
They point out that millions of animals are killed in shelters every year. The researchers counter this argument with the idea that the cloned cats can be used for research.
I see it more as a scientific advancement but the PETA people are very upset.
Helen
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katmommy
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posted on February 15, 2002 07:17:21 AM new
There are plenty of psychopaths on death row that should be used for medical research, the animals SHOULD be left alone.
MEOW
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RainyBear
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posted on February 15, 2002 02:58:25 PM new
That kitty is darling...
And it's an interesting scientific advance.
However, I don't see the point in cloning pets. Losing a pet is tough but cloning will not reproduce that pet who was lost. Cats have such distinct personalities that if a pet owner expected a "new Fluffy" he'd be disappointed. It reminds me a little of the Stephen King book Pet Sematary.
Miss your pet? Go to the shelter and find another to love.
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barbkeith
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posted on February 15, 2002 09:18:19 PM new
Check out his feet. He's polydactyl. This is the youngest of my 5 babies. And I don't think he's a clone. 
[ edited by barbkeith on Feb 15, 2002 09:20 PM ]
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auroranorth
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posted on February 15, 2002 09:53:58 PM new
Well this could solve the republican parties problem, they could clone republicans to meet every quota Black lesbians with a Hispanic surname and one leg that have converted to Judaism,liviong in a halfway house recovering drug addicts with an alcohol problem , they could call this a Chad instead of a clone, yeah I know I offended everyone again he he he but seriously I am against the medical research unless it is preformed on members of Peta starting with lobotomies. they are terrorists, they are scum, they are imbeciles, PETA is not a democratic organization their money is controlled by a tiny clique 15,900 a few years back with a whopping 2,000 to the shelters these are parasites sucking the money out of the local shelters and recruiting soft headed people to indoctrinate intheir marxist crud. same for mr fox and his thugs 44 million with a few measly grand to shelters and hundreds of thousands on luxury jet trips all around the world good examples of non corporate gangsters. I despise false activists that suck money for false goals
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alwaysbroke
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posted on February 16, 2002 09:27:14 AM new
Ithought PETA was a bread (ha ha)
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alwaysbroke
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posted on February 16, 2002 09:28:59 AM new
What is polydactyl? We had 1 cat w/xtra toe. Is that the same? My dictionary is too heavy to pick up (at least that's my kids' excuse).
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auroranorth
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posted on February 16, 2002 10:03:42 AM new
polydactyl are the dinosaurs that we get polyester from their fossils, this is a by product of fossil fuel pteradactyls give us terra cotta.
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hjw
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posted on February 16, 2002 10:38:23 AM new
They are good for catching mice and fish.
Helen
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hjw
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posted on February 16, 2002 11:03:54 AM new
In Europe, polydactyl cats are virtually non-existent, because during Medieval times Religious perverts killed any cat which was unusual.
Like Ashcroft, they were afraid that the cats were evil, like themselves.
Helen
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alwaysbroke
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posted on February 16, 2002 11:53:42 AM new
auroranorth,
 Haa Haaaa.
Funny! Perfect cure for this migrain.
Thanks.
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barbkeith
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posted on February 16, 2002 11:57:19 AM new
Helen, thanks for that article. I believe my kitty is also part Maine Coon. The one downfall for him is that my better half can always tell when he (the cat) has been walking on the car. As for the cloning, I don't see the point when so many animals are euthanized because they can't find homes for them.
Katmommy, I agree with your statement. Let the murderers, rapists and most of all child molesters become test subjects. I have no sympathy for people like that.
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alwaysbroke
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posted on February 16, 2002 11:58:48 AM new
hjw,
Ow! you made my head hurt again!
Air P Jordon: basketball shoes for Pussy cats. P is for pussycat.
mctabby: McDonald's new sandwich. Don't ask.
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hjw
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posted on February 16, 2002 12:24:18 PM new
Nevermind....
[ edited by hjw on Feb 16, 2002 12:44 PM ]
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alwaysbroke
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posted on February 16, 2002 01:59:04 PM new
One of the kitties in the photos look like they have an "M" on their forehead. I had the most wonderful cat that had that same mark. He was manx. A manx has a stub for a tail and can jump straight up in the air from a standing-still position. My manx kitten could jump from the floor to the kitchen counter with no running start. He also had curved fangs and claws. He had my hubby in tears when he climbed up his pant leg!
Me-ouch!
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alwaysbroke
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posted on February 17, 2002 08:47:41 AM new
Thank you, hjw, I finally got it.
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barbarake
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posted on February 17, 2002 02:51:25 PM new
As for the cloning, I don't see the point when so many animals are euthanized because they can't find homes for them.
I don't think they cloned a kitty because there was a shortage of them - they cloned one because 1) someone paid them a lot of money to try and 2) to see if they could.
It sure is a cutie!!
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Valleygirl
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posted on February 20, 2002 10:53:50 AM new
In November, my Ragdoll Cat Charlie came up missing. Since he's an inside-only cat, we couldn't figure out how he got outside. I put up fliers all over the neighborhood. I haunted the pound and SPCA. I put up fliers at each of the vets offices.
After 6 days, we were packing to go on a two week vacation. Unfortunately this vacation could not be cancelled. We were hosting a 200 person sit-down dinner for my in-law's 50th Anniversay and my husband is an only child.
That morning, my husband went outside and noticed the firetruck at the neighbor's house. He went to check on the neighbor. He came back into the house and told me that Charlie had been found, but might not make it.
Charlie had managed to climb inside the neighbor's chimney and was stuck. They finally heard him crying and called the fire dept.
After about 2 hours, the fire personnel told me they believed that Charlie had died since they had seen no movement nor heard any noise in over an hour.
At that point, the "rescue" became an "extraction" and they brought out the pole with the hook on it to hook his body and bring it out.
Their pole was too short, and it was shift change, so those fire personnel went back to the station and a new crew came out. The new crew had a tall, skinny guy who took out the fireplace insert, climbed up inside the fireplace from the inside, contorted himself around the water trap and grabbed Charlie. Was he surprised when Charlie bit him.
The next thing I knew, 6 fire personnel came to my front door, grins on their faces, and Charlie looking around like, "What, What?"
They were all covered in soot from head to toe, and I hugged every one of them with tears streaming down my face.
Charlie and I raced off to the vet's office. He had a temperature, was dehydrated, and had lost weight. They figure he'd been in the chimney the whole time. Charlie was given antibiotics, and a physical.
It took three baths to get all the soot off Charlie. My husband went to Costco and brought home pies and cakes and we took the goodies, along with a picture of Charlie to the fire personnel as our thanks.
Charlie went with us on our trip and absolutely loved it. He rode loose in the car and behaved himself. My in-laws were gracious about the uninvited guest in their home.
Not my name on ebay.
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