# Pet owners can now clone, freeze or drug their aging animals

> Biotech startups offer longevity pills, genetic cloning and cryonic freezing to help pets live longer or cheat death entirely.
- Title: Pet owners can now clone, freeze or drug their aging animals
- Summary: Biotech startups offer longevity pills, genetic cloning and cryonic freezing to help pets live longer or cheat death entirely. Pet biotech startups are…
- Keywords: pet biotech, longevity drugs, pet cloning, cryonics, loyal, viagen pets, alcor, technology, startups, Pet, owners, clone
- Source: The Next Web — https://thenextweb.com/news/pet-biotech-longevity-cloning-cryonics
- Author: Darius Popa
- Published: 2026-10-18T11:39:43+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: pet biotech, longevity drugs, pet cloning, cryonics, loyal, viagen pets, alcor, technology, startups
## Longevity pills for aging dogs
US startup Loyal is testing LOY-002, a daily pill for senior dogs in about one thousand three hundred pet dogs across the US.Regulators accepted safety data in January.
## Cloning pets for fifty thousand dollars
Texas-based Viagen Pets charges fifty thousand dollars to clone a cat or dog.The result is a genetic twin, not a copy with the same personality.

> who are we to judge?
## Freezing dead pets for future revival
Alcor in Arizona stores hundreds of pets and people in cryonic suspension, recently freezing its first pet sugar glider.Experts say revival is highly unlikely.
## Key takeaway

Pet biotech startups are offering longevity drugs, cloning and cryonics to help owners extend or preserve their animals' lives, though experts question the wisdom of some approaches.