Clone Kitty
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| Other name(s) | Belle |
|---|---|
| 🐈 🐕 🐎 Species | Felis catus |
| 🐶 🐺 Breed | Ragdoll |
| 🚻 Sex | Female |
| 📆 🐤 Born | October 21, 2021 Rochester, New York U.S. |
| Known for | Cloned cat on TikTok |
| 👨 Owner | Kelly Anderson |
| ⚖️ Weight | 12.8 lb (6 kg) |
| ⭐ Appearance | cream bicolor |
| Named after | Beauty and the Beast |
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Belle ( /bɛl/ bel; born August 20, 2021[1]), nicknamed Clone Kitty, is an American, Internet celebrity cloned cat. Her videos were first posted to TikTok in October 2021, although the account didn't take off until January 2022. Clone Kitty on TikTok has over four million likes.[2] Clone Kitty is currently the only cloned cat on TikTok and the only account on all social media actively engaging in cloning information.
Background[edit]
Belle was cloned by ViaGen Pets[3] and born to a tortoiseshell surrogate mother, alongside two black and white, non-genetic siblings. The siblings belonged to another client's DNA line. She was cloned from a cream bicolor ragdoll named Chai, who died March 16, 2017,[4] from complications post-op after an exploratory surgery to remove plastic from her intestines. Chai was only five years old at the time. Kelly Anderson, Belle's owner, considered Chai her soulmate cat, and as such, wanted to carry on a piece of her by cloning. She later stated that she was grateful Belle was the only kitten in her DNA line born because she wouldn't have been able to choose between more than one. On October 21, 2021, Belle went to her new home where the journey began.
Personality[edit]
Clone Kitty and Chai, the original cat, couldn't have been more different from one another. Chai was sickly as a kitten, so she was never socialized. Because of that her personality was standoffish, reserved, and she really only wanted to be around her owner, Kelly Anderson. Belle came in the picture of perfect health and was out at pumpkin patches the day after she'd arrived home, doing photoshoots and interacting with people. She is known to frequent bars[5] and breweries[6] in her hometown of Austin, Texas, and even has some dog friends. She's bold, outgoing, curious. Every bit the cat Chai never got to be.
Chai was far more affectionate, however. Belle is more independent and prone to doing her own thing, where Chai was always nearby. But Chai didn't enjoy walking outside on the harness. Belle has been hiking in Colorado.[7]
They're unique to themselves, individual and allowed to be their own, standalone cat.
Cloning[edit]
Belle was cloned through ViaGen Pets, US-based global experts in animal cloning and genetic preservation. While their operations started in 2002[8] with bovine, they didn't start commercial operations around pets until much late. In 2015, ViaGen launched ViaGen Pets[9] specifically to serve pet parents worldwide. They utilize a strategy called somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT)[10] to create a viable embryo from a body cell and an egg cell, thus creating a clone.
Media[edit]
Clone Kitty made many media appearances, typically accompanied by her owner, Kelly Anderson, and occasionally Kelly's friend, CK Cone. Clone Kitty's handlers were interviewed by the respective hosts of each program.
2022[edit]
- Good Morning America[11]
- The TODAY Show[12]
- Input Magazine[13]
- The U.S. Sun[14]
- Newsweek[15]
- National Post[16]
- CNBC[17]
- E! News[18]
- Nova PBS[19]
- Austonia[20]
- Washington Post[21]
- Univision[22]
- Inside Edition[23]
- NY Post[24]
- This Morning[25]
- Breakfast Television[26]
- Insider[27]
- NBC LX[28]
Chai[edit]
Chai, the original cat, was the start of it all. Born August 2, 2011, she was considered owner, Kelly Anderson's, soulmate pet and best friend. She was purchased from a bad breeder in the LA area and came home with mycoplasma, Giardia, yeast and bacterial infections in both ears, and the calicivirus.[29] It took upwards of five months to nurse her back to health, but once she was healed, she was healthy until the day of her death.
Because she was so sick as a kitten, she was isolated, and thus, never properly socialized. Her personality was standoffish, reserved, and she really only wanted to be around Kelly, no one else. But it formed a special bond between the two of them, and Kelly has even claimed Chai saved her life more than once.
On the week leading up to her death, a petsitter was watching her and let her get ahold of the top strip of a meat wrapper. When Kelly arrived home, Chai was lethargic and just not herself, so they spent close to a week trying to figure out what was going on. When they discovered the source, they scheduled surgery. The surgery itself went really well. Chai came out of it responsive, it was a clean removal, no problems. But when Kelly went to pick her up, they found her unresponsive in her kennel. She never woke up.
Kelly decided to clone her the next day.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Belle Cloned Kitten from the DNA of my late cat, Chai". Belle: A Cloned Kitten. 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ↑ "TikTok". www.tiktok.com. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ↑ "Chai". Viagen Pets. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ↑ mkellyanderson (2021-10-21). "Belle Cloned Kitten from the DNA of my late cat, Chai | Pet Cloning". Belle: A Cloned Kitten. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ↑ "Instagram Bars". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ↑ "Instagram Breweries". Instagram. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ↑ "Instagram Hiking". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ↑ "The History of ViaGen". Viagen Pets. 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ↑ www.bizjournals.com https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/2015/10/this-maryland-company-just-got-into-the-business.html. Retrieved 2022-08-22. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ November 2021 1, Madeleine Aggeler (2021-10-20). "Can This Company Take Pet Cloning Mainstream?". Texas Monthly. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
- ↑ America, Good Morning, Woman spends $25K to clone her cat, retrieved 2022-08-21
- ↑ "See how social media influencers are cloning their pets". TODAY.com. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ↑ Lucas, Jessica. "Bring in the clones: Instagrammers are genetically replicating their pets". Input. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ↑ (2022-03-12). "I paid $25K to clone my cat - but my new pet is completely different". The US Sun. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ↑ Berlin, Samantha (2022-01-18). "Pet cloning becomes more popular as Instagrammers begin replicating deceased pets". Newsweek. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ↑ Greenberg, Courtney (2022-01-21). "Seeing double: Why Instagram influencers are cloning their dogs and cats". National Post. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ↑ Joseph, Andrea Day,Ray Parisi,Jessi. "Grief-stricken pet owners usher in Instagram and TikTok's new influencers: Their cloned cats and dogs". CNBC. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ↑ Breakup Bops, Butt Guy Chris & Cat Clone | Nightly Pop: Bonus Scene | E! News, retrieved 2022-08-21
- ↑ "The False Promise of Cloning Your Pet". PBS SoCal. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ↑ "Seeing double: Pet parents clone their furry friends with Austin-area company". austonia. 2022-02-08. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ↑ "A woman cloned her pet after it died. But it's not a copycat". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ↑ Univision. "Influencers están clonando a sus mascotas por una tendencia de Instagram: ¿fueron muy lejos?". Univision (in spanish). Retrieved 2022-08-21.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Pet Owners Share What It's Like to Clone a Dog or Cat". Inside Edition. 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ↑ Eberhart, Christopher; Sun, The (2022-03-12). "I paid $25K to clone my cat — but my new pet is completely different". New York Post. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ↑ I Cloned My Dead Cat | This Morning, retrieved 2022-08-21
- ↑ Here's what happens when you clone your cat, retrieved 2022-08-21
- ↑ Cheong, Charissa. "A woman who faces 'daily hate' for a TikTok about spending $25,000 to clone her dead pet cat said she has no regrets". Insider. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ↑ "Owner of Cloned Cat Has No Regrets Even Though the Cats 'Couldn't Be More Different'". LX. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ↑ mkellyanderson (2021-10-21). "Belle Cloned Kitten from the DNA of my late cat, Chai | Pet Cloning". Belle: A Cloned Kitten. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
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