A lot off topic but had to share with someone cos I'm trying to stay strong for my wife at the moment. Children for us are off the cards due to medical reasons so we've got two beautiful dogs. Unfortunately, our eldest, Nismo, well he's fallen very ill and in a few hours barring a miracle I'll likely be saying goodbye to him for the last time. Back in 2020 he had to have spinal surgery which cost a lot of money (would spend it again in a heartbeat) and BTC helped him there too. Sadly, doesn't look like money will solve the problem today.
If you have dogs, hold them extra tight for me tonight, they really are the greatest gift and best friend. I truly am lucky to have had his light shine on our lives for the last 14 years. I'll post a picture of him later just so everyone can appreciate him and how amazing he was/is
Anyway sorry for the off topic but yeah.... I'm just heartbroken
I just saw this and very sorry for your loss/upcoming loss.
Some people clone their beloved pets.
I could see both sides of the argument: it would be the same dog genetically, but it would have to learn to love you again.
Cost is about 0.5 btc, give or take ($50,000).
I was just recently reading an article about it.
EDIT: just for description..I think the article was saying that they need an ear from the recently deceased pet (
not frozen). I don't recall much else apart from the fact that cloning is now very efficient, but dogs are more challenging to clone.
Not sure if i have seen this article or another one:
https://nypost.com/2024/11/14/lifestyle/the-50000-dog-cloning-business-is-booming/