Then instead of stupidly filming it, the ‘parent’ should have removed the kid from harm’s way and booted out the cat.
Gads, people are freaking morons.
Is *everything* up for YouTube-hit grabs these days?
How funny would it have been if the kid had an eye clawed out?
Geezus.
:-\
Be all that as it may, it’s still a bad idea to teach a child that intentional violent retaliation against a DUMB animal with teeth and claws is a good thing.
Next time, it could be an “over friendly” dog he belts.
You put your finger on it. Everyone wants to be famous, even at the expense of their kid.
I tried to find the original video, all I could find was the thread of folks livid with the parents.
In the full original video, the kid was minding his own biz when the cat jumped up on the bed and started SERIOUSLY biting the kid.
Kid had enough and left hooked it.
Here’s all that’s left of the post:
http://imgur.com/gallery/ZZoB2
The comments tell the story.
And yes, the kid was in danger. I grew up on a farm, a cat can take your eye out like lightening.
Agreed.
It is one thing to have to take action against an animal that has attacked a human for any reason. That is often right and necessary.
But when I see an animal put down because it was intentionally mistreated, that makes me angry.
I would NEVER do what she did with that cat. Never. Cats may be small, but they are very powerful, and when instincts take over, they will stand and fight aggressively to the death, often to their detriment. But fear seems to fly out the window, and is channeled into aggression and fighting.
If you push a cat to the point this woman did, you are stupid to do it without a weapon at hand, because as this video showed, they can do real damage.
And there is often no reason to be cruel to an animal. There are often ways to get them to do what you want without resorting to cruelty, especially with domesticated animals.