Steve at vegansaurus! is upset that some people are taking advantage of the hairlessness of Sphynx cats and giving them tattoos.
Obviously it’s a bit unfair to choose what tattoo to put on a cat, because we can’t communicate with them and don’t know what image they want. For instance, does this cat really want to be covered with badass homies like that smirking evil clown? Or would she rather a tasteful tattoo of a mouse playing in a field?
Another downside is that Jewish cats with tattoos can’t be buried in a Jewish cemetery.
But vegans enforce their lifestyle choices on their own pets as well, sometimes making them vegan even though few dogs and cats have a moral objection to eating meat. (To be fair, some pets do get into the ethics of it after eating compassionately for a while.) If vegans get to treat their pets as extensions of themselves, why can’t tattoo aficionados do the same?
At least the pain of getting a tattoo is temporary. The agony of being a vegan cat lasts nine lifetimes.
