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Yoshi The Cat’s Ear Tattoo

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Shannon Larratt

In truth, this was done by a vet for ID purposes, but Yoshi is very proud of it and thinks it makes him look tough. All the other cats are scared of him now because he told them he got it in the pound, and they think he’s probably on catnip again.

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105 responses to “Yoshi The Cat’s Ear Tattoo”

  1. av3ry Avatar
    av3ry

    Uh, Shannon, you do realise that cats statistically live FAR, far longer in homes than they do outside? 100% pure, outdoor cats have far shorter lives. They have to deal with other feral animals, and then there’s whole, you know… car thing. Whereas indoor (or even mostly indoor) cats are healthier and happier. Left on their own outside, there’s so many terrible diseases cats (and other animals) can catch. Having a loving owner who takes care of their animals and make regular vet trips, keeping their animals happy is cruel how exactly? And the “kill other animals for cats” in order to feed them thing made me laugh – you do realise cats in nature, kill animals and eat them? Nature is NOT humane.

    I understand the point you were trying to make, but it was a bad one. It’s simply untrue that cats are in worse in the hands of loving owners than outside. To call it “stupid and cruel” and “sick” is just so insanely uniformed and makes you look like a blathering idiot.

    Shannon, please stick with what you now – Body Modification. Or at least, keep your mouth shut when you don’t know what you’re talking about. That last part also goes to everyone else bitching about the tattoo for ID purposes. If you took two seconds to even do any sort of research (seeing as searching google is apparently v. hard) would know that ID tattooing done correctly by a vet (professional) is NOT cruel in any way.

    Idiots.

  2. snakelady1956 Avatar
    snakelady1956

    #102-Amen to that!!! That’s the trouble with people. They STILL think that cats must run around outside to be happy. NOT true!! Not to mention diseases like FelV(feline leukemia), and feline AIDS, neither of which are preventable by vaccine or curable.

  3. snakelady1956 Avatar
    snakelady1956

    OOPS!!! There is a shot for leuk-only 60% effective though.

  4. LovelyGrasshopper Avatar
    LovelyGrasshopper

    Wow… how did so many people NOT realize that Shannon’s comment about owning pets being cruel was not meant in a serious manner? Jeez.

  5. CaptainObvious Avatar
    CaptainObvious

    This happens to other animals too, not just cats. Ferrets have two tattoos on their ears

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