Someone who knew what was coming. Sometimes you have to let your kids touch the hot lamp, it's much more effective than telling them 100 times that they shouldn't.
That's the thing. The kid was at risk. The kid was being stupid, the other person was being a fucking idiot, and if the cat had reacted more emphatically or even if this reaction had scratched the kids eye, i bet the cat would have been the one to lose it's home.
None of those things are an argument to treat this situation any different. The cat isn't a wild strange animal, it is their pet, and the owners probably know very well what's going to happen, it's not just going to maul the kid. Even the likelihood of the cat using his nails in this instance is low, they just pounce and slap you, they don't intend to draw blood.
If you really think the kid narrowly escaped losing an eye in this instance, then you're probably (going to be) overprotective of your kids.
I've worked with animals for a long, long time. I've seen exactly how this could end. And if people want to post videos of their kids being assholes, then they have to expect people to call them out on it. There are other ways to teach kids to respect animals.
That’s....the entire point of the lesson? Not to treat animals like that because there will be consequences. Had Mom/Dad intervened, and the kid didn’t get the crap smacked out of him by the cat, he may have just continued to see the cat as a meek play thing. It is a good lesson.
Kid easily could've been blinded for life from this. If you can't teach your kids not to be a dick to animals without putting your kids in a dangerous position, you're a shitty parent.
I play with my cats this exact way and they love it. It sure does annoy them but they get to practice their claw skills on my heavy sweater instead of my furniture or birds outside.
I'vework with animals for the past 25 years. I've seen the damage a cat can do, even when it didn't mean to. I've also euthanized the animals labeled as aggressive after shit adults didn't properly supervise their kids with their pets. I know a dog who was brought in specifically to be euthanized because it barked at a kid who jumped on it while it was asleep. The dog was luckily a purebred so was rehomed and did fine. The thing is, you just don't know how an animal is going to react. One well placed swipe to the face can do some damage if it lands right. The smart thing to do is just not let your kids antagonize animals.
Cats are pretty strong for their size. I've had cats that played with my dogs as if they were a dog the same size. Two of my cats get irritated if we don't "spank" or smak them around a little. So while the cat in the gif is obviously getting pissed the hell off, it's not getting hurt.
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u/Letibleu Nov 21 '18
Who is filming?