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Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 10:40:33 EST
Subject: pets

After Mr. Quick's post about his cat, I should make known the Cryonics
Institute's policy to those who may not know it. (We have been in touch with
Mr. Quick by phone, email, and mail, and he already knows all this.)

CI will store pets, but only for members. Minimum price for a normal size cat,
or a cat-size dog, is $5,000 (plus the $1,250 membership fee for the owner).
Local services of a veterinary, and transport, would be extra and arranged and
paid for by the owner. CI will throw in solutions at no charge, if there is
time to send them and arrangements can be made with a vet.

Although we will supply solutions and advice, CI does not do the preparation
for two reasons. 

First, it is more appropriate and probably more effective for a vet to do
them, using our solutions and suggestions. If the pet is near death, the
procedure need not wait for natural death; the vet can use anaesthesia and
begin while the cat is still alive. 

(Pets are better off than humans in this respect! Humans must wait for natural
death, which worsens their chances both because of likely delays and because
of further deterioration before death.)

Second, if the pet is already dead, again time is saved if a local vet does
the best he can, rather than the owner just doing a crude freezing or sending
him to Michigan on ice.

If the owner is already a member, we will act when the member has received and
agreed to the contract and promised to pay promptly. If the owner is not yet a
member, we must have the signed contract and the payment in hand before
accepting the pet.

Robert Ettinger
Cryonics Institute
http://www.cryonics.org

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