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[side_show]

My hubby and I occasionally joke that we would like to clone our pets.  Seems like that option is not as close as I once thought it was.  Fascinating press release though.

[wombat]

Somehow I missed that. Very interesting.

As someone who's married to one of a pair of identical twins, I've never been tempted to clone my pets.

[fanta]

One clone of a male donor was actually born female (we still have no good explanation for how that happened).

For every dog cloned by RNL in the future, it’s likely that a dozen or more will be slaughtered for food as a direct result.

I dunno... is there anything so terrible about eating dogs? 

Hell we'll need to be eating humans soon enough if we don't stop having so many kids...

[AugustWest]

I dunno... is there anything so terrible about eating dogs? 

It's immoral to eat cute animals.

[side_show]

A far more bizarre way of assuring you can enjoy your pet for years to come.  As one of our cats is a total sock theif, I would consider doing this as a tribute to him... but then again... no.

[jay-ell]

I am sure I posted this before.

If anybody here ever decides to have yarn spun from a pet, I hereby volunteer my knitting skills to provide you with kitty socks or pug mittens or whatever. I'm both fascinated and repulsed by this idea, but I could not pass up an opportunity to say I've knitted with cat or dog fiber.

[Arachno-capitalist]

I am sure I posted this before.

If anybody here ever decides to have yarn spun from a pet, I hereby volunteer my knitting skills to provide you with kitty socks or pug mittens or whatever. I'm both fascinated and repulsed by this idea, but I could not pass up an opportunity to say I've knitted with cat or dog fiber.

So I have these guinea pigs, when one crokes, do I just mail you the thing in a box?

[wombat]

I think for that you need someone that tans hides, not someone who knits.

[jay-ell]

No, you should brush it while it's alive and mail its fur to someone who spins.

I do not spin.

[greenkoolayd]

a friend of mine from HS makes a living with her spinning wheel.  i can maybe get you's a discount.

[side_show]

Discount pet fur yarn, and someone who makes a living via the use of her spinning wheel.  There are two things I have had trouble imagining.

You're right JL.  I did post something about cat fur wool, or something similar at some time in the past.  Damned if the serch function isn't helping matters.

[jaydub]

I have been collecting dog fur from my RL plushie for use in oil booms.  If that ends up being unnecessary, I will have cubic feet of pure white 4" fur.  It begs to be used for spinning & knitting.

[Arachno-capitalist]

Where did you plan on sending your bushel of fur? Because I just had a mental image of you shoving hair in an envelope and just writing "LOUISIANA" on it.

[fanta]

this thread blew my mind.  Spinning pet hair, oil absorbing booms.  wow.

I read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress recently, so sure, I can imagine reusing pet fur if you lived in an artificial terrarium on the moon.

It's certainly the ecologically progressive and culturally progressive thing to do - recycle your pet fur.  That and shoot everyone at your workplace.

[jaydub]

There's a "grassroots" organization that had coordinated with pet groomers and vets in a couple metro areas (mine is one of them) to get pet fur for making booms.  Supply overwhelmed their boom-making capabilities and their warehouse(s?) in LA filled up, so they asked people to stem the tide for a bit.  I haven't gotten an email from them saying whether they're accepting donations again (you were supposed to take your fur to a local vet or groomer to add to their shipment). 

Edit:  The org is Matter of Trust and from the pics on their site it looks like their effort is legit (whether its effective....)