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”
that is some tough pussy there men….steer clear
haha thats cute
To me thats the same as tattooing your 3 month old baby… It`s stupid and cruel.
My first cat got ugly numbers tattoed in her ear by the vet, I don’t think she ever forgave me ! (I believe she wanted a little 9mm Glock tatt instead, she was tough like that).
tough pussy 🙂
satahokahei – You know what, owning a cat is also “stupid and cruel” if we’re going to play this game. Owning a cat means that you keep one animal a prisoner for your own enjoyment, and then have many other animals killed in order to feed it. To me that seems a lot sicker if we’re going to start pointing fingers, so how about we just accept that we all live in massive hypocrisy when it comes to animals and leave it at that?
Satahokahel, did you miss the bit about it being done by a vet for ID or are you just an idiot? Pet ID tattoos are more common than people think and arguably less hassle for the animal that being put under general anaesthetic to have a microchip implanted under their skin.
“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.”
I LOL’d. 😀
its a cattoo.
im well not funny.
You can’t see it but he’s got some big ass 4mm stretched ears too…
(Hey 4mms is big for a cat!)
>>Owning a cat means that you keep one animal a prisoner for your own enjoyment, and then have many other animals killed in order to feed it.
Are you sure ?
My cat seems to return to his “prison” each day for love and affection and lives happily off the scraps of meat, water and vegetables left over from my meals.
Hardly Guantanamo is it ?
What a cutey! Yeah I laughed my ass off as well at th edescription or whatever you iwsh to call it 🙂
That’s hilarious and adorable. And cats are domesticated, they like being “held prisoner.”
My cats won’t eat vegetables. Damnit.
Yoshi kicks asses!
#7 animals are not put under general anesthesia for microchipping.
Who’s domesticating whom here? My cat knows she owns me, not the other way around.
Animals are, well, animals: all they want is love, food, exercise, and a life of ease. For that matter, not too different from most humans.
He could set it off with a litter tragus.
16# How would you know that ? You are just assuming that just becous it doesn’t ask for a xbox 360 it doesn’t want one.
I bet the Blood cats nevar come into his territory.
Shannon i disagree with the owning the cat thing as cruel, well i guess if you bought the cat it is, but all my pets, dogs and cats, just come to my house and want leave, I’m their prisoner, if i dont feed them they want leave me alone, i didnt ask for them. I’d have to agree with satahokahei, there are better ways of ID. But I did enjoy the story that went with the picture very funny.
Their not under any anesthesia for either tattooing or mircorchipping? My cat has neither done, but she’s a mean ass cat, I don’t know if she could take out Yoshi here mind you, but the vet has to put her under to give her shots sometimes. I would actually fear for the vet if they tried to give her a tattoo with her still awake.
BTW, love the background story for Yoshi, too cute.
hmmm….i seem to remember a large group of people that were forcefully tattooed a little over half a century ago for ID purposes…
Shannon, cats aren’t prisoners. Humans are prisoners of cats. If you ever lived with a cat you would understand the dynamic.
Also, if cats weren’t domesticated, I believe that they would still run free all over the place. They are survivors, and haven’t lost the majority of their natural instincts.
Cats and humans have always had a mutual benefit relationship. Cats kept rats away which helped reduce things like the plauge, it was only natural for humans to gain an affinity for them.
Now they are ‘pets’ but really humans are the pets of cats. I don’t care what Peta says. They are wrong in this account. The same cannot be said 100% for dogs, but cats are a totally different story.
Yes, I do get your point, but I really dislike that concept.
Shiza – It’s not as if they really have a choice in the matter — I don’t think “my pets could leave if they wanted to” can be taken all that seriously… and of course, it’s not as if the animals that you feed to your cat have a choice in the matter either.
Sar <– Treading dangerously close to Godwin territory.
#23 – You can’t seriously be comparing tattooing a pet to the Holocaust?!
Also, all my cats are microchipped and it’s really a VERY small chip- inserted with a needle while they’re awake. I watched one of them get done. I didn’t much care for the idea, but being that the little guys can’t talk and tell someone where home is, and we lived way out in the country, I thought it was best for them. Collars can slip off or even strangle the animal. Microchips and tattoos make way more sense.
And I’m staying out of the “keeping pets is cruel” argument. It could go on for days.
Me/24 – I do live with a cat actually. But I think it’s completely disingenuous to suggest that humans are not the controlling party in the relationship. Yes, it’s a nice thought, and cute to think about, but it’s simply not true.
i think comparing a cat being tattooed to a mass genocide is kind of a gross exaggeration.
Can we please stop talking about animal rights and just laugh at the funny story that goes along with the picture? The animal rights issue has been debated about long enough in previous posts.
agreed. people only read modblog to fight anymore.
Definitely does feel that way on some entries, but I think it’s getting better.
not everyone, mostly just Giles
Lots of cats get tattooed or their ears clipped to show that they have been spayed. With female cats you can’t tell if they have been spayed without cutting them open… so I’d say the tattoo is a fairly harmless thing to do.
I think it only seems like fighting, because a friendly debate online, can seem angry because you really cant see the facial expressions behind them. For instance i was just debating a different point, i wasn’t angry or even considering it fighting. I think most of it is just friends giving friends a hard time.
if anyone needs any catnip…. i am your man
And to be clear as well, I’m not saying that animal ownership is cruel here — I’m saying that it’s hypocritical to attack someone over an ID tattoo when the fundamental truths of animal ownership are far darker.
All these people who are claiming that their cats own them and that they come home at the end of the day are missing the big picture.
While what you are saying may be true right now it has only occured because humans have created the situation. Cats have been tamed and breed to behave in a certain way. The house cat was created by humans.
My family has a cat and I like her and have to share a room with her 4 months of the year so I am not against owning cats I am just trying to point out that people are thinking only of the type of cat that they know now.
sharks and bears are friends, its because of their teeth.
this is funny. a guy say that this tattoo is for ID purposes. omg, i don’t understand some people. this is normal procedure. and i think that is legal in “all” countrys in the world… this is not animal cruelty.
i think you know what is animal cruelty, we don’t have to write here about this subject…
i still think, that this is one tough cut! 😉
free ur mind!
This cat seems perfectly healthy and happy. At least he’s well fed and doesn’t look like he’s suffering from abuse of some kind. Not all cats are this lucky.
This shoulda been saved for Caturday. 🙂
My dog happened to be under general anesthesia when she was chipped, because I asked the vet to do it while she was already under for her spay. I don’t think the microchipping needle is that big a deal but I thought it would be nice to save her the extra stress. (I had her nails clipped while she was under, too.)
For all we know that could have been the case with Yoshi.
Aww the cat’s adorable.
This is funny because the other day some friends and I were joking about how hardcore my dog is. She’s tattooed, has aesthetic amputation (some dickbag cut off her tail when she was a puppy to make her look ‘mean’), she’s been surgically sterilized, and she has an implant and some pretty badass scars. 🙂
(I know there was talk above about animal cruelty and consent, so I guess I’ll point out that I’m just joking. She has all of the above, but she came from the pound that way, and I know they weren’t her choice. Everyone needs to lighten up and enjoy the picture. There’s nothing cruel about giving an animal a way to get home should they get lost.)
The UK has a countrywide ‘Passport’ system for all pets coming in and leaving the country, we also have compulsory microchipping with a complete countrywide database that enables vets to trace animals to their owners across the entire country if lost. It certainly isn’t totally fail-safe but removing a chip is A LOT harder for potential criminals to do than simply covering over a tattoo making the prospect of animal theft less enticing.
Tattooing animals is imperfect as it requires those finding a stray to firstly be aware what the tattoo is, where it is registered and requires the owners to remain in one place to correspond with the registries. If the tattoo is done on a kitten there is a chance it can grow obsolete, this doesn’t happen with a microchip (75 yr lifespan). The implant is completely tamper-proof and in no way adds to the appearance of the cat in any way.
Sadly the US appears to not have a nationwide registry system for cats which is quite backward for a developed country. When it eventually does I think the consensus will be that chipping is the only real workable system.
My cat is tattooed, has a subdermal implant, and is a eunuch. He’s BME4LYF, yo. And yes, it was all done under a local anaesthetic – I know because I was there at the time. 😛
Something is fucked up with modblog when I find myself agreeing with Shannon on consecutive posts. <3
FWIW I have two cats and I’m a meat-eater, but the point is that unless you live in a cave and dine on moss for breakfast, lunch and dinner, you are in no position to criticise.
>>you are in no position to criticise.
You do when tattooing cats is clearly less effective than having them microchipped with a national database.
Having said that, though:
“have many other animals killed in order to feed it”
To be fair, owned or liberated, cats can chalk up their own share of animal deaths for food.
“You do when tattooing cats is clearly less effective than having them microchipped with a national database.”
Are you deliberately ignoring the point? I was not referring to the relative merits of tattooing versus chipping. I was referring to the hypocrisy of the “OMG THIS IS SO CREUL” set.
Also, how would you feel if this were a female cat? Would you take exception to the manocentric maleocracy forcing its female subjects into subservience via slave-like brandings?
We have been modiying animals for years. From docking tails and ears, to breeders tattoo’s, to cattle brands. Hell it goes on and on and on. I think it looks good on this cat. I thought the story was funny, not too mention all the shit it stirred up. But hell I pierce goldfish, what do I know.