This came over my Twitter as a rage bait, saying, this is some insanely inhumane thing. (They tattooed a cat)

I don't know. It deas look neat. Is the pain so bad? Or is it because she "didn't have a choice"?

What am I missing?

@LukeAlmighty
Cats are sensitive to changes. So in the perspective of the cat it fell asleep, then woke up in pain or discomfort.

So either the cat doesn't feel it because of different pain tolerance. Or it's mutilation that can cause psychological problems.

Like I don't know why you would risk giving a cat problems just so it could look cool. It's stupid, and a majority of cat owners like to dump their cats when they do start to have problems.

@zemichi
Well, I am not so much confused about the unnatural stare, or even the trauma as much as, we are doing so insane stuff to all animals, why would this cross the line?

@LukeAlmighty
>we are doing so insane stuff to all animals, why would this cross the line?

Read this part from me again.

>"It's stupid, and a majority of cat owners like to dump their cats when they do start to have problems."

Stuff like declawing happens because owners do not want their cats tearing up their furniture. But cats clawing furniture is a natural reaction to them as they do this for a number of reasons. When cats do get declawed emotional problems can start developing that can lead to cat abandonment. Everything I just said was the responsibility of the owner.

Tattooing a cat falls into this "I don't know what will happen" because it's uncommon. If problems do start showing up with the cat it is far more likely the owners will just abandon the cat. If problems do start this entire situation could have been avoided if the owners just didn't do this. If you're a pet owner I don't know why you'd want to make things harder for yourself and making stupid actions.

It crosses the line because it's human vanity. It's the idea that we should be allowed to do whatever we want with an animal because they're "ours" and we're above them. It's disrespectful and sociopathic behavior and precisely the reason why pets get abandoned because it's treating them as disposable objects that they use and get their fun from.
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Thank you for having the patience for an autistic fren :D

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