Conn. company trying to clone pets FARMINGTON, Conn. (AP) - Two entrepreneurs are charging pet owners to store their beloved animals' DNA in anticipation of the day when science can clone Fido or Fluffy. For $1,000 per pet plus a $100 annual storage fee Heather J. Bessoff and Ron D. Gillespie will take a genetic sample from a living or dead animal and keep it frozen at their lab. Their company, PerPETuate Inc., has signed up six customers since it began in October. Bessoff is a veterinarian and Gillespie an agricultural consultant. They run the company from Bessoff's basement. So far scientists have cloned only mice and farm livestock such as sheep. Recently, a dog owner donated $2.3 million to Texas A&M University to try to clone his beloved Missy. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559666858-be9>
