A woman cloned her pet after it died

Chai’s death came unexpectedly — a freak accident of sorts after she swallowed a piece of a wrapper that got lodged in her intestines.

When the beloved 5-year-old cat died in 2017, there was nothing her owner, Kelly Anderson, could do — or so she thought.

Chai’s body had not yet turned cold when Anderson remembered a conversation with her roommate about the Texas-based ViaGen Pets, one of just a few companies worldwide that clones pets. The next morning, she called them.