No Cloned Hypoallergenic Dogs Available Yet, Only Cats
So Malia and Sasha, how about a fish instead?
President-elect Barack Obama has said his young daughters have been promised a dog with their move to the White House. And in his first post-election news conference last week, he announced that Malia “is allergic, so it has to be hypoallergenic.”
Its a common misconception. In response, the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology issued a statement Wednesday saying, “There is no truly hypoallergenic dog.”
Another misconception is “that people are allergic to a dogs hair, and it is falsely believed that a dog that sheds less will not cause a reaction,” the [...]