Article: Cat lovers line up for no-sneeze kitties

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 ...

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