Gothic kittens???
Some people are too stupid and/or mean to live.
Seriously, what kind of an asshat does such a thing to helpless kitties? This is one of the most ridiculous (not to mention sadistic) things I've seen in a long time.
Since we're on this subject, I may as well vent about "body modifications" in animals in general. I wish the U.S. would make it illegal to crop dogs' ears and tails, like they did in England. There's no reason for it if you're not fighting the animal, and people who fight dogs should be eviscerated anyway.
I knew a girl in college who tranquilized her Chinese crested dog and took it to an unscrupulous tattoo artist, who covered the little thing in ink. I found that horrifying. Not only is it stupid and dangerous to tranq an animal when it isn't absolutely necessary, the poor little dog doesn't have the ability to say "Yes, I would like a tattoo, give me the Wile E. Coyote, please." And it must have been miserable when it woke up. They have very delicate skin, and as those of you who are tattooed know, fresh tats go through a phase of feeling like road rash. She prevented the dog from destroying the healing attoos with her claws by putting her in a cone collar for a week. EXTRA nice, huh?
There was a black fraternity at A.S.U., and they had a beautiful Dobie who was their house mascot and best buddy. He had three tiny gold rings through one of his handsome ears. It looked amazing, but I constantly worried he would scratch his ear with his paw and rip them out. His buddies insisted he never did, but still. It comes down to the consent thing. Nobody asked that dog if he wanted holes in his ears or not. These guys adored their dog, there was no mistake about that. But I just don't think poking holes in him was the right thing to do.
My adorable possum O-Ren, who started out her life being mauled by a cat or a fox, had holes in both of her little black-and-white ears. Tooth-holes. You have NO IDEA how hard it was for me not to pop some earrings in there, just for a picture. But I was afraid she'd try to yank them out and hurt herself. I guess what it comes down to is this--it's fine to have an animal for a playmate, but not a playTHING.
On the other hand, I don't object to people using non-toxic vegetable dyes to make their puppies colorful. That doesn't hurt the animal in any way. I confess--once in awhile, I used to give my rats food color racing stripes. They didn't give a crap, and they looked quite fetching.The boys have recently discovered that Crystal doesn't mind being "dressed up." In recent history she has sported devil horns, a construction paper spiked collar, and a lovely pair of bat wings. They don't decorate Jack because it scares him, and we respect our critters' boundaries around our house.
Okay. Off the soapbox now.
Almost. I hope the Gothic Kitten people get repeatedly pierced by demonic kitteh claws in Hell.
Seriously, what kind of an asshat does such a thing to helpless kitties? This is one of the most ridiculous (not to mention sadistic) things I've seen in a long time.
Since we're on this subject, I may as well vent about "body modifications" in animals in general. I wish the U.S. would make it illegal to crop dogs' ears and tails, like they did in England. There's no reason for it if you're not fighting the animal, and people who fight dogs should be eviscerated anyway.
I knew a girl in college who tranquilized her Chinese crested dog and took it to an unscrupulous tattoo artist, who covered the little thing in ink. I found that horrifying. Not only is it stupid and dangerous to tranq an animal when it isn't absolutely necessary, the poor little dog doesn't have the ability to say "Yes, I would like a tattoo, give me the Wile E. Coyote, please." And it must have been miserable when it woke up. They have very delicate skin, and as those of you who are tattooed know, fresh tats go through a phase of feeling like road rash. She prevented the dog from destroying the healing attoos with her claws by putting her in a cone collar for a week. EXTRA nice, huh?
There was a black fraternity at A.S.U., and they had a beautiful Dobie who was their house mascot and best buddy. He had three tiny gold rings through one of his handsome ears. It looked amazing, but I constantly worried he would scratch his ear with his paw and rip them out. His buddies insisted he never did, but still. It comes down to the consent thing. Nobody asked that dog if he wanted holes in his ears or not. These guys adored their dog, there was no mistake about that. But I just don't think poking holes in him was the right thing to do.
My adorable possum O-Ren, who started out her life being mauled by a cat or a fox, had holes in both of her little black-and-white ears. Tooth-holes. You have NO IDEA how hard it was for me not to pop some earrings in there, just for a picture. But I was afraid she'd try to yank them out and hurt herself. I guess what it comes down to is this--it's fine to have an animal for a playmate, but not a playTHING.
On the other hand, I don't object to people using non-toxic vegetable dyes to make their puppies colorful. That doesn't hurt the animal in any way. I confess--once in awhile, I used to give my rats food color racing stripes. They didn't give a crap, and they looked quite fetching.The boys have recently discovered that Crystal doesn't mind being "dressed up." In recent history she has sported devil horns, a construction paper spiked collar, and a lovely pair of bat wings. They don't decorate Jack because it scares him, and we respect our critters' boundaries around our house.
Okay. Off the soapbox now.
Almost. I hope the Gothic Kitten people get repeatedly pierced by demonic kitteh claws in Hell.