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Thousands of People Are Cloning Their Dead Pets. This Is the Woman They Call First


“I try to prepare customers not to expect the same pet all over again. The new pet is not going to know who you are right off the bat.”

Nine years ago, a pair of freshly weaned British longhair kittens boarded a private plane in Virginia and flew to their new home in Europe. Since then, a couple thousand dog, cat, and horse clones have followed, and every year the waiting list grows longer. WIRED spoke to a longtime customer service manager for the largest commercial pet cloning company.

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