Countdown of best pet events in 2008 - Part III

December 31, 6:12 AMDC Pet Care ExaminerErin Paquette

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2: What Would You Do for a Cadbury? Cadbury cat, that is: Jean Kelly was forced to ask herself that very question when her adorable cat Cadbury was faced with the loss of his voice and his life.

Even though Jean didn’t have the money for the operation that would save Cadbury’s life, she went ahead and had it done anyways. As she told the Daily Mail, “the money was worth it just to see Cadbury well again and happy.”

While some people thought that Jean was crazy to spend that much money on a cat — especially since Cadbury is over 13 years old — she went on to tell the Daily Mail that “[i]t was never about me – it was about Cadbury and his quality of life. I know he’s not a young cat but I wanted to give him a fighting chance.”

Personally, we could not be happier about Jean’s choice. While the amount of debt Jean took on to provide Cadbury with his operation is nothing to scoff at — nearly $20,000 — we feel that a pet is a family member and should be treated as such.

If one of your pets is ill and you are struggling to find a way that you can pay for their medical expenses, take a look at our “Diabetes and your dog” article from November, which lists some helpful organizations that help pay for the medical expenses of pets that are chronically ill or need operations.

1. Too Many Boogers: How far would you go to bring your beloved pet back to life? Participate in a new and controversial practice? Sell your home? In the case of Bernann McKinney, all of the above. McKinney felt that there was no sacrifice too great if it would bring her dog Booger back to life.

While McKinney was unable to resurrect the original Booger (a stray that she adopted and who ended up saving her from an attack), she was able to have five Booger clones created for $50,000 by a company in South Korea (Guardian).

While McKinney has come under fire for cloning Booger — a practice that many feel is unethical — she doesn’t care. As she told the Guardian "I wanted my friend back."

To read more about the controversy surrounding pet cloning, click here to read an article from MSNBC entitled “Cloning pets: In search of Fluffy 2.0.”

Did you miss the other parts of the “Countdown of the best pet events in 2008?”

Click here view Part II - events 3 and 4.

Click here to view Part I - events 5 and 6.