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Article: Cat lovers line up for no-sneeze kitties
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- Daily Breeze
- Article date:
- October 6, 2006
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A small California biotechnology company says it is ready to
deliver the Holy Grail of the $35 billion pet industry: a
hypoallergenic cat.
At the start of next year, the first kittens -- which the company
calls "lifestyle pets" -- will go home to eager owners who have been
screened and have been on a waiting list for more than two years.
Since it announced the project in October 2004, the company,
Allerca, of San Diego, says it has received inquiries from people in
85 countries seeking to buy a cat bred so that its glands do not
produce the protein responsible for most human cat allergies.
For cats ordered now, it will take 12 to 15 months for delivery in
the United States, 15 months to 18 ...