LAST summer, Tigger—our neighbour’s cat—learned how to hurl
himself from the roof of the adjacent library through the open window of our
first-floor kitchen. After the initial surprise, we quickly adjusted to life
with an occasional cat. I never much liked cats before, but I have become rather
smitten with Tigger.
If the neighbours moved house, which they regularly threaten to do, we would
lose a dear friend. Which is why I have become fascinated with the idea of
cloning pets. A team at Texas A&M University in College Station is trying to
clone Missy, the dog of…
