Talk:Little Nicky (cat)

Misc
I'm a newbie to editing on Wikipedia, so I didn't want to mess around with anything, but I noticed the "Cloned Cat Sold to Woman for $50,000" link is broken. - Koncur

I calculated the October 20 birthday based on hearing that Little Nicky was nine weeks old, two days ago. Dec. 22 - 63 = Oct. 21. Since "nine weeks" is inexact, I only gave myself 1 sig. fig. When the actual birthday of the cat is known, it should replace "about October 20". EventHorizon 05:51, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * I tweaked the format a little, also Nicky is not the first cloned cat, he's the first commercially cloned cat. (ie not for scientific research). Zerbey 14:42, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * This could be phrased more accurately still. The company cloned Tahini for commercial purposes - to act as a test case.  "Cloned-to-order" is a bit too sensationalistic for me, though.  I dunno, maybe I'm overthinking things. anthony &#35686;&#21578; 15:06, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I'm wondering: does anyone think there might possibly be a public-domain picture of this Little Nicky? I know I can find a picture of him; the problem is that it would probably be a copyrighted picture. EventHorizon 05:50, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * The owner would probably be willing to let someone take a picture for the encyclopedia. anthony &#35686;&#21578; 16:22, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Does the cat really belong to Category:2004 births? I mean, isn't the category only meant for people?undefined&mdash;undefinedPt(T) 14:00, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Event horizon, I replaced your estimate of the birth date with the birth date that Genetic Savings & Clone announced. Koncur, I fixed that broken link. Thanks.

hydrophilia
I added a section on hydrophilia in Maine Coons. I know mine loved playing with water and it appears that there are quite a few references to this online. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ardyn (talk • contribs) 19:38, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

6 day link??
Is the "the 6th day" link really necessary? --Blacklemon67 (talk) 02:45, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

denouncement
Shouldn't this be referenced? It sounds like conjecture. I don't know how to do the citation thing myself though. Thanks to whoever does it.130.113.111.214 (talk) 17:25, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Planned Updates
Hi! I am a novice editor of wikipedia that is working on this article as part of a course that I am taking in Genetic Ethics. I will be posting my planned changes here. Please feel free to give me advice on the updated references and changes! Danstrib (talk) 18:32, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Details to add: The cloning of Little Nicky was a result of the offer by the Genetic Savings & Clone company called the "Nine Live Extravaganza" launched in 2004. The cloning was performed by the chromatin transfer technique, a variant of nuclear transfer. (Added) The owner considered that the pet had a similar appearance and behavior to the predecessor cat. The company responsible for the creation of Little Nicky: "Genetic Savings and Clone Inc" also participated in the first cloning of a cat, CC, as a collaboration with Texas A&M University.

New Sections: Ethical Controversy: With the news of the first commercial cloning of a cat, groups such as the Best Friends Animal Society focused on the promotion of pet welfare spoke out against the creation of pet clones such as Little Nicky. They emphasized that the costly procedure could instead be focused on promoting the welfare of currently existing animals in shelters, or invested in programs for spaying and neutering homeless shelter pet populations.

Wiki Education assignment: ENGL-122
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