In a bleak reflection of ourself-obsessed society, online celebrities are cloning their pets for internet clout.
The idea is to keep making content after the original animal has died.
After the death of her dog, a cloned one was created with the help of pet cloning company ViaGen, which cost tens of thousands of dollars.
It may have helped her grieve her loss, but her investment allowed her to keep her account going.
Udvar-Hazy told Input that he gets a lot of crap about cloning. People call me a crazy rich girl if they say I have zombie dogs. It was very upsetting to me at first.
Udvar-Hazy is not the only one. A different pet account on the platform regularly posts photos of cloned chihuahuas.
Other accounts openly market their cloned pets.
Melain Rodriguez, client service manager at ViaGen, told Input that someone could clone their pet. The world does not have to know. They may never know.
It is worth noting that having a cloned pet doesn't mean it will be an exact replica of the original. Many cloned pets are very different from the donor.
According to Input, the well-off are willing to spend anywhere between $35,000 and $50,000 to genetically replicate their beloved fur babies.
Who can blame them? It helped her grieve the loss of her dog. Anyone who has ever lost a pet knows how devastating that can be.
It could be seen as a misguided attempt to bring them back if you cloned your pet. The clone will eventually die as well.
It is a vain and ethically fraught way to gain clout on social media, and there are plenty of dogs in shelters out there that are looking for their forever homes.
Pets are being cloned by people on social media.
The $35,000 cat clone looks nothing like the original.
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