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Cat Olympics - The 50 Foot Free Drop
Hey, I feel for ya, mucky; my cats wouldnât be too pleased either... Yes, also via FARK.Catâs 50-foot leap at circus called cruelty Toshi Maeda, Bryan Virasami and Merle English Whatâs good for the circus may not necessarily be good for the cat. Thatâs what some animal experts said this week about a Cole Brothers Circus cat that makes a death-defying 50-foot leap onto a hand-held pillow every day. Rincon, the brave Siamese cat also known as Supercat, may be well-trained, but critics such as state Sen. Carl Kruger have rapped the circus, saying the jump is feline cruelty that shouldnât be allowed on city property. "I think if you ask the cat, I think the cat is going to say âI donât like jumping in a circus. I donât like the circus.â " said Dr. Javier Ramos, a veterinarian at the Riverside Animal Clinic in Manhattan. Catâs response - "Meow!" He said just one slip can be dangerous; the cat could land on its head instead of its feet. And even if Supercat likes to jump, Ramos said repetitive jumps can lead to pain. "Heâs going to have arthritis; heâs going to have problems in the joints," Ramos said. "Itâs OK to do it once in a while, but if you do it every time, like a football player, youâre going to have problems in the joints." One of my earlier cats died from a seven foot fall from a tree; that was, however, a few months after she spent an entire month in my neighborâs garage without food & water. She was a 10 pound cat, down to 5, then back up to about 8 after that. I didnât want to let her outside after the incident, but she kept going for the door, so I relented, wondering when the inevitable would happen... Posted by: Raj 2004-07-15 |
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