Claim: The web site Genpets.com sells mass-produced, bioengineered pets.
Verdict: REFUTES

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title: Genpet
text: Genpet Genpets are a mixed media installation art piece by artist Adam Brandejs. It is considered a "hoax of exposure". The project has been shown in multiple galleries in Canada and Europe and has garnered some attention in the mass media. The creations were sculpted, automated creatures made of latex and plastic, and housed robotic circuitry to simulate slow respiration. They looked like small, baldskinned and ugly humanoids, and were intended to be displayed as living, but dormant, bioengineered creatures for purchase as pets. The fabricated packaging indicated a purchaser had a choice of colors, four different personalities and levels

title: Genpet
text: actual 19 genpet units that display at art galleries. Genpets have been displayed at multiple Fine Art galleries and museum displays in both North America and Europe. Genpet Genpets are a mixed media installation art piece by artist Adam Brandejs. It is considered a "hoax of exposure". The project has been shown in multiple galleries in Canada and Europe and has garnered some attention in the mass media. The creations were sculpted, automated creatures made of latex and plastic, and housed robotic circuitry to simulate slow respiration. They looked like small, baldskinned and ugly humanoids, and were intended to be

title: EntirelyPets
text: healthypets.com and entirelypets.com domains are active, although entirelypets.com is the main site. The company also owns and operates a number of smaller pet ecommerce sites. EntirelyPets has been recognized for offering pet medications and pet supplies for lower prices than traditional retailers and will match prices with any US based retailer selling U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Food and Drug Administration approved pet products. In February 2015, the company opened a second location in Newark, California, which includes offices, manufacturing, and warehousing. EntirelyPets EntirelyPets is a privately held online pet supplies company founded in 1999. Based in Union City, California, EntirelyPets sells

title: Missyplicity
text: In 2009, Lou Hawthorne the CEO of BioArts announced he was withdrawing from the program due to the small market, unethical competition, weak intellectual property protection, unscalable bioethics and unpredictable results. However Sooam Biotech continued developing proprietary techniques based on a licence from ViaGen's subsidiary Start Licensing (which owns the original Dolly patent) and continued creating cloned dogs for owners whose dogs had died, charging $100,000 a time. Sooam Biotech was reported to have cloned 700 dogs by 2015, a cloning success rate of 40% and to be producing 500 cloned embryos of various species a day in 2016. Hossein

title: Neopets
text: Neopets Neopets (originally "NeoPets") is a virtual pet website. Users can own virtual pets ("Neopets"), and buy virtual items for them using one of two virtual currencies. One currency, called Neopoints, can be earned within the site, and the other, Neocash, can either be purchased with real-world money, or won by chance in-game. The website was launched by Adam Powell and Donna Williams in late 1999. Two years later, a consortium of investors led by Doug Dohring bought a controlling interest in the company and in June 2005, Viacom bought "Neopets" Inc. for US$160 million. On March 17, 2014, Viacom

title: EntirelyPets
text: EntirelyPets EntirelyPets is a privately held online pet supplies company founded in 1999. Based in Union City, California, EntirelyPets sells non-prescription pet medications, as well as other pet products such as pet toys, pet treats, and cleaning supplies, and ships to all 50 U.S. States as well as internationally. They have been featured in TechMediaNetwork's list of top 10 online pet supplies retailers and they were featured on an episode of The View for their pet Halloween costumes. EntirelyPets was founded in 1999 and incorporated as HealthyPets Inc. The company rebranded as EntirelyPets in 2000. As of today, both the

title: PetGadgets
text: pets and pet owners. As of February 2010, PetGadgets.com offers over 500 items for dogs, cats, and other pets. PetGadgets.com is among the multiple sites offered by Pet Ventures LLC serving the pet and pet owner market. In 2007 PetGadgets acquired the domain PostModernPets.com, a site formerly devoted to high-end designer furniture for pets. In 2009 PetGadgets acquired the domain YaketyYakPets.com, a social networking site aimed at pet owners. PetGadgets PetGadgets is an online retailer specializing in high-tech and innovative products for pet cats, dogs, horses and small mammals. PetGadgets.com is an online retail website specializing in products geared toward

title: Lifestyle Pets
text: obviously very good at what we call smoke and mirrors. He portrays a real professional company. But there's no depth to it at all." Other Brodie-affiliated companies have included Integra Associates, Samba Wireless, Geneticas Life Sciences, ForeverPet, Genetiate, GeneSentinel, and Cyntegra. Discussions on forums and blogs continue to debate the status of this company and whether it is "vaporware". This has given rise to at least one web site complaining that creature has not been provided as promised. A report page has been opened at the Better Business Bureau of Wilmington, Delaware. It shows the current rating as "Unsatisfactory." Reports

title: Genpet
text: of activity, and that the creatures had a limited vocal capacity. The sculptures and packaging, along with the professional-appearing hoax website, are so realistic that observers are often fooled. In 2006, Genpets were featured on the weblog for The Museum of Hoaxes in San Diego, California. as well as broadcast on BBC News Worldwide on a BBC programme called "Click" as well as the "Times" (UK), the "New York Times" and G4TechTV. All the work was hand done by the artist Adam Brandejs, with assistance from makeup artist Crystal Pallister for the coloring of the creatures. The pictures show the

title: Freshpet
text: Freshpet Freshpet is an American manufacturer of refrigerated food and treats for dogs and cats using natural ingredients, and are the first in the fresh and refrigerated category to be distributed across North America. It was founded in 2006 and combines meats with fruits and vegetables to make foods and treats for pets. Freshpet stock is traded on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "FRPT". Pet foods manufactured by this company are available in over 10,000 stores in North America, including mass-market stores, natural food retailers, pet specialty stores, and retailers Target, Whole Foods, petco, petsmart and Walmart. While sales in

title: PetGadgets
text: PetGadgets PetGadgets is an online retailer specializing in high-tech and innovative products for pet cats, dogs, horses and small mammals. PetGadgets.com is an online retail website specializing in products geared toward pets and pet owners. It is owned and operated by Geoff Mott as part of Pet Ventures LLC. Pet Ventures LLC is registered in the state of Nevada, USA but has a base of operations in Fountain Hills, AZ. Products found on the website have been featured in multiple media: Online stories, printed periodicals, and broadcast media. Founded in 2004, PetGadgets focuses on offering innovative and high-tech products for

title: Digital pet
text: receive items. Some quests can give stat points to the user's pets for when they are battling. Such sites that use quests for a primary foundation on the site are Neopets and Marapets. These sites, and their clones, have a single non-dynamic image for each pet and its various colors, leading to a lot of similarity in the pets. There are also "simulation sites" where the webpage attempts to simulate a real-life discipline, such as horse dressage or pedigree dog showing. Often these sites will also have a breeding aspect, including genetics and markings. Other simulation sites focus mostly on

title: Neopets
text: sold Neopets to Knowledge Adventure for an unannounced amount. "Neopets" allows users to create and care for digital pets called "Neopets" and explore the virtual world of Neopia. There is no set objective for the users, but they are expected to feed and care for their Neopets when they grow hungry or ill. Neopets will not die if neglected, but their health can limit their gameplay. Neopets come in a variety of species and colors and users can create or adopt their own. Users can obtain items to interact with their Neopet, such as books to read and toys to

title: Pangea Corporation
text: to grow with new technologies and helped develop a series of virtual pets, Nano for Playmates Toys and Tamagotchi for Bandai America. They also provided scripting and programming solutions for the innovative and interactive line of "Amazing" dolls from Playmates, and products from a variety of other manufacturers, including Brian the Brain, Yano, and Wittley. Additionally, because the company was on the leading edge of technology and internet solutions, they set up some of the first ever websites for the toy industry, including megalithic domains for Bandai America, Speed Racer and Whac-A-Mole. During this period, Pangea also produced a radio

title: Animal testing
text: genetically modified animals; the International Knockout Mouse Consortium, for example, aims to provide knockout mice for every gene in the mouse genome. In the U.S., Class A breeders are licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to sell animals for research purposes, while Class B dealers are licensed to buy animals from "random sources" such as auctions, pound seizure, and newspaper ads. Some Class B dealers have been accused of kidnapping pets and illegally trapping strays, a practice known as "bunching". It was in part out of public concern over the sale of pets to research facilities that the

title: Pets.com
text: Pets.com Pets.com was a dot-com enterprise headquartered in San Francisco that sold pet supplies to retail customers. It began operations in November 1998 and liquidated in November 2000. A high-profile marketing campaign gave it a widely recognized public presence, including an appearance in the 1999 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and an advertisement in the 2000 Super Bowl. Its popular sock puppet advertising mascot was interviewed by "People" magazine and appeared on "Good Morning America". Although sales rose dramatically due to the attention, the company was weak on fundamentals and lost money on most of its sales. Its high public profile

title: Pet cloning
text: its dog cloning service. In July 2008, the Seoul National University, co-parents of Snuppy, reputedly the world's first cloned dog in 2005, created five clones of a dog named Booger for its Californian owner. The woman paid $50,000 for this service. Sooam Biotech continued developing proprietary techniques for cloning dogs based on a licence from ViaGen's subsidiary Start Licensing (which owns the original patent for cloning Dolly the sheep). Sooam created cloned puppies for owners whose dogs had died, charging $100,000 a time Sooam Biotech was reported to have cloned 700 dogs by 2015 and to be producing 500 cloned

title: Drs. Foster & Smith
text: and equine products were added in 1988. The Drs. Foster & Smith line of products launched in 1993 includes products ranging from company formulated brands of cat and dog food to medications and pet furniture. In 1998, the company began taking orders online at DrsFosterSmith.com. Online business grew after the collapse of Pets.com in 2000. A series of mergers in the early 2000s added aquarium, bird, ferret, and other specialty products to the company's catalogs. In 2008, Animal Planet gave Race Foster and Marty Smith a weekly television program, "Doctors Foster and Smith's Faithful Friends", to provide veterinary advice on

title: Drs. Foster & Smith
text: manufacturer, Chenango Valley Pet Foods, had potentially received contaminated rice protein from China. Although no contamination was ever discovered in any Drs. Foster and Smith products, Foster & Smith contacted customers who had recently purchased the product in question. The company reformulated its pet food to no longer contain rice protein, and later switched manufacturers. In April 2007, Drs. Foster and Smith acquired the pet division of electronic retailer Neeps Incorporated. The acquisition added 600 mostly ferret-related specialty products to the Foster & Smith catalog. In July 2007, Drs. Foster and Smith signed an agreement with Target, that enabled the

title: Freshpet
text: to pet patients. Freshpet foods are packed fresh and must be served accordingly. Just like the refrigerated food that humans eat, "Pet parents" must ensure that purchase and serving is within expiration date. In 2013, Freshpet opened a new manufacturing facility, the Freshpet Kitchens, located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. This new $25 million facility was built to resemble human-grade manufacturing standards. All Freshpet food recipes are manufactured in this facility. Freshpet food makes refrigerated dog and cat foods and dog treats under the brands Freshpet Select, Dog Joy, Vital, Nature's Fresh and Dognation. Freshpet Select foods and Dog Joy treats are