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	Cloned kitten
		The first cloned-to-order pet sold in the United States is named Little Nicky, an eight-week-old kitten delivered to a Texas woman saddened by the loss of a cat she had owned for 17 years.
		Little Nicky jumped into my bath," said the woman, who said she is in her early 40s and employed in the airline industry.
		Little Nicky's owner said the company "under promised and over delivered" her cat, which is of the Maine coon variety.
	www.polytechnic.org /faculty/gfeldmeth/cat.html (862 words)

	Pet-cloning company makes landmark sale - Science - MSNBC.com
		SAN FRANCISCO - 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.
		Nicky’s owner banked the cat’s DNA, which was used to create the clone.
		Yet while Little Nicky, who was delivered two weeks ago, frolics in his new home, the kitten’s creation and sale has reignited fierce ethical and scientific debate over cloning technology, which is rapidly advancing.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/6747736/print/1/displaymode/1098 (735 words)

	Genetic Savings and Clone - the leading provider of pet gene banking and pet cloning services. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Little Gizmo was born in Austin, Texas in December 2004.
		Little Nicky, who was born October 17 in Austin, Texas, is a clone of Nicky, a Maine Coon who died in November 2003 at age 17.
		As the world's first cat clone, CC made international headlines when her birth was announced in February 2002 (she had been born two months earlier, in December 2001).
	www.savingsandclone.com /clients/our_latest_clones.html (706 words)

	Cat has 10 lives, thanks to $50,000 cloning / In a first, Texas woman pays Sausalito firm to duplicate her recently ...
		She signed up for the program in 2003 after Nicky, a fuzzy, striped feline breed known as a Maine coon, died at the age of 17.
		Tissue biopsies were taken from the cat, cultured in a petri dish and preserved in liquid nitrogen until scientists were ready to clone the cat.
		Little Nicky was born Oct. 17 in the company's Austin, Texas, laboratory and presented to Julie at a holiday party at a San Francisco restaurant on Dec. 10.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/12/23/CATS.TMP (959 words)

	Little Nicky (cat) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Little Nicky (born October 17, 2004) is the first commercially-produced cat clone.
		He was produced from the DNA of a 17-year-old cat named Nicky who died in 2003.
		Little Nicky's owner, a north Texas woman named Julie (her last name was not released) who paid $50,000 to have Nicky cloned, claimed that Little Nicky's behavior is similar to that of her late cat Nicky, including an unusual liking for water.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Little_Nicky_(cat) (201 words)

	cooltech.iafrica.com \| coolscience Copy cat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The copy cat called 'Little Nicky' was handed over to a Texas woman known only as Julie on December 10, making her the first paying client to receive a genetically-cloned pet, Genetic Savings and Clone said.
		"When Little Nicky yawned, I even saw two spots inside his mouth, just like Nicky had," she said of the cat that was born in the Texan city of Austin.
		But while Julie may be thrilled to have won a new lease on life for her cat Nicky, virulent criticism of the principle of what some have called "Frankenstein-like" pet cloning has dogged the company.
	cooltech.iafrica.com /science/400508.htm (781 words)

	Texas woman pays $50,000 for clone of pet cat
		The creation and subsequent sale of Little Nicky is the first commercial transaction of a cloned pet by the Sausalito-based biotechnology company Genetic Savings and Clone.
		Julie holds her 9-week-old clone, "Little Nicky," yesterday in Texas.
		Little Nicky was sold to Julie by Genetic Savings and Clone for $50,000.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /national/205009_cat23.html (1092 words)

	California company sells cloned cat, generating ethics debate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		SAN FRANCISCO -- The first cloned-to-order pet sold in the United States is named Little Nicky, an eight-week-old kitten delivered to a Texas woman saddened by the loss of a cat she had owned for 17 years.
		California company Genetic Savings and Clone created nine-week-old "Little Nicky" from the DNA of another cat, whose owner lamented the loss of her 17-year-old pet.
		The company that created Little Nicky, Sausalito-based Genetic Savings and Clone, said it hopes by May to have produced the world's first cloned dog -- a much more lucrative market than cats.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04358/431106.stm (751 words)

	LiveScience.com - Cloned Cat Sale Generates Ethics Debate
		SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ 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.
		Although she agreed to be photographed with her cat, she asked that her last name and hometown not be disclosed because she said she fears being targeted by groups opposed to cloning.
	www.livescience.com /animalworld/cloned_cat_041224.html (813 words)

	United Cats - Cat Humor, Cat News, Cat Care
		A cat survives a 70 foot fall and a 600 foot swim.
		Potter is illustrating how cats everywhere are adapting to the information age, not content with simply laying on books or newspapers while they are being read, he has mastered the art of interfering with the computer while it is in use as well.
		The records of these cats were just recently diclosed and include such tidbits as: "...official humiliation was only averted in the nick of time by a HEO (higher executive officer) of Establishment Division, who threw a soiled doormat out a window a few seconds before the appearance of H.M. (Her Majesty) the Queen."
	www.angelfire.com /ca/unitedcats (932 words)

	From ‘Nicky’ to ‘Little Nicky’ - December 23, 2004
		From ‘Nicky’ to ‘Little Nicky’ - December 23, 2004
		SAN FRANCISCO — 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 company that created Little Nicky, Genetic Savings and Clone, based in Sausalito, Calif., said it hopes by May to have produced the world’s first cloned dog — a much more lucrative market than cats.
	www.mailtribune.com /archive/2004/1223/biz/stories/01biz.htm (743 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| Pet kitten cloned for Christmas
		Nine-week-old Little Nicky is said to be the first made-to-order, commercially cloned pet kitten.
		But Little Nicky is identical, in both looks and personality, she says.
		Julie, who does not wish to be fully identified as she fears a backlash from groups opposed to cloning, says the kitten shares many traits with the original Nicky including an unusual liking for water.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/4120179.stm (312 words)

	News Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A cat lost at a motel is found scratching at the door of the room he stayed in for one night.
		United Cats is not even sure what to make of this one, an artist has released an album that consists of melodies made up of cats’ purring.
		The proposed hypo-allergenic cat may be more hype than hypo, scientists express misgivings about the feasibility of the concept.
	www.angelfire.com /ca/unitedcats/calpic.html (5287 words)

	Biotech firm scratches cloned cats
		The first commercially cloned cat was named Little Nicky and was bought for $50,000 US by a Texas woman known only as Julie.
		She had preserved the DNA of her old cat before it died at 17. Little Nicky was the result.
		Little Nicky had a different coat from its predecessor.
	www.cbc.ca /money/story/2006/10/12/cloned-cats.html (1224 words)

	Little Kitties
		The inspiration for this rescue is a wild little kitty named Evie who passed away last November from...
		Annie would get so tired of him she would get up on her bed, and lay as far against the wall that she could get, when Seth was too little to jump up on the bed, they would stare at each other and bark endlessly.
		I love to give her little nibbles on her ears, I tried to get milk from them but they do not work.
	www.the-cat-zone.com /Lilac-Siamese/Little-Kitties.htm (2113 words)

	Cat-Cloning Company to Close Its Doors - Examiner.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		A cloned cat name "Little Nicky" peers out from her carrying case, in this Dec. 22, 2004 file photo taken in Texas.
		"Little Nicky" a successfully cloned cat, was sold to a woman by Genetic Savings and Clone for $50,000.
		The first commercially cloned cat was named Little Nicky and was delivered to a Texas woman saddened by the loss of a cat she owned for 17 years.
	www.examiner.com /a-338115~Cat_Cloning_Company_to_Close_Its_Doors.html (646 words)

	Texas woman pays $50,000 to have her dead cat cloned - Dec. 23, 2004
		The Dallas Morning News reported Wednesday that the cloned kitten, dubbed Little Nicky, was born in Austin and presented to a Texas woman named Julie who was saddened by the loss of the cat, also named Nicky, she had owned for 17 years.
		Genetic Savings & Clone, the company behind Little Nicky's cloning, said the Texas resident stored her old cat's tissue in its gene bank, according to the report.
		Her previous cat died at age 17 last year, according to the article.
	money.cnn.com /2004/12/23/news/newsmakers/cloned_cat/index.htm?cnn=yes (354 words)

	Pet cat cloned for $50,000 US
		Nicky's owner, a woman known only as Julie, was shattered by the death of her 17-year-old pet and banked its DNA.
		Julie insists that Little Nicky, now nine months old, is the same as its prototype.
		Little Nicky, for example, has a different coat from its predecessor.
	www.cbc.ca /world/story/2004/12/23/clone-kitten-041223.html (1197 words)

	Annual Holiday Newsletter from the Cat Clone Lady
		I guess the only news is that on December 10, I became the proud "mommy" of the world's first commercially cloned kitten.
		I know my precious Little Nicky will fill the void in my life so much more than family or friends ever could.
		I thought about it for a long time, and rather than donate it to the destitute, or the disabled, or the dying, I decided to buy a cat instead.
	www.thespeciousreport.com /2004/04041225littlenicky.html (181 words)

	Cat-cloning company to close its doors - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Since the company opened for business in 2000, it was behind the creation of five cloned cats, but sold only two to paying customers.
		The kitten cost its owner $50,000 and was created from DNA from her beloved cat, Nicky, who died the previous year.
		The biotechnology company will close at the end of the year because of little demand for costly cloned cats.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/science/genetics/2006-10-12-cat-clones_x.htm (540 words)

	Copy Cat..... - Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums
		The copied cat - dubbed Little Nicky - was born in Austin, Texas, and presented on to Julie on December 10.
		Nicky the elder died at age 17 last year.
		But Little Nicky has picked up where his predecessor left off.
	www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=29919 (1420 words)

	CBBC Newsround \| Animals \| Meet Little Nicky the cloned cat
		He looks just like any other nine-week old kitten, but Little Nicky was created from the DNA of another much-loved pet, also called Nicky.
		The original cat died last year aged 17 and his owner Julie decided she'd rather have a clone than a new one.
		Julie says the new Nicky is just like the old one, both in the way he looks and his personality.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/click/rss/0.91/-/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4120000/newsid_4121700/4121703.stm (194 words)

	Little Nicky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Little Nicky, a 2000 comedy film starring Adam Sandler.
		Little Nicky, a cat believed to be the first successful feline cloning for commercial reasons.
		This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Little_Nicky (87 words)

	News 14 Carolina \| 24 Hour Local News \| TOP STORIES
		A California company has created a cloned cat, Little Nicky.
		The nine-week-old kitten is the first ever cloned-to-order pet sold in the U.S. He was delivered two-weeks ago, to a Texas woman saddened by the loss of a cat she had owned for 17 years.
		The woman told the Associated Press that Little Nicky is identical to the cat that died.
	rdu.news14.com /content/top_stories/?ArID=61243 (141 words)

	Nicky: Another Good Cat
		Here's the little guy who changed our minds.
		Some of Nicky's vital statistics are on this first page, and there's another page with his life story (so far).
		We've already taken plenty of photos, and you can also read about the 3 Good Cats who are learning to share their home with him.
	www.3goodcats.com /nickycat.htm (71 words)

	nicky the jazz cat :: praise
		This sweet and soulful jazz cat followed his dream and came out a winner.
		Jones, Lena Horne and Lionel Hampton—all cuddling with Nicky, Friedman’s cat.
		Nicky is a small fl cat who was adopted by New York photographer Carol Friedman.
	www.nickythejazzcat.com /praise/index.html (638 words)

	News 14 Carolina \| 24 Hour Local News \| TOP STORIES
		Nine-week-old cat "Little Nicky" peers out from her carrying case Wednesday in Texas.
		Commercial interests already are cloning prized cattle for about $20,000 each, and scientists have cloned mice, rabbits, goats, pigs, horses -- and even the endangered banteng, a wild bull that is found mostly in Indonesia.
		It extracts the eggs, which are combined with the genetic material from the animals to be cloned.
	www.news14charlotte.com /content/top_stories/?ArID=82255&addvid=53302 (600 words)

	Interealms - The Ranger's Glade - Money well spent? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Yeah, I'm sure they treat "Little Nicky" like it's the same 17 year old cat they knew.
		Then most of the failed embryos die as an embryo, and the ones that suffer mortality after being born, are just like normal kittens, many die after birth also.
		Start with house cats, a large and readily available population, and you'll cut down on a lot of the initial guess-work on the tigers.
	forums.interealms.com /ranger/showthread.php?t=43006 (1822 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Pet project fails — copy-cat firm folds
		SAN FRANCISCO — Even for the most devoted pet lovers, there's a limit to how far they will go to have their favorite feline or canine for life.
		The sale of cloned cat Little Nicky for $50,000 sparked outrage among animal activists.
		Genetic Savings & Clone, a biotechnology company that sold cloned pets, sent letters to its customers last month informing them it will close at the end of the year because of little demand for cloned cats.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,650198109,00.html (494 words)

	FOXNews.com - Costly Copy Cats Cause Pet Cloning Company to Close - Science News \| Current Articles
		AP Dec. 22, 2004: Little Nicky, a cat cloned for a woman in Texas by Genetic Savings and Clone, peers from her carrying case.
		22, 2004: Little Nicky, a cat cloned for a woman in Texas by Genetic Savings and Clone, peers from her carrying case.
		Genetic Savings and Clone, a biotechnology company that sold cloned pets, sent letters to its customers last month informing them it will close at the end of the year because of little demand for cloned cats.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,219957,00.html (832 words)

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