[ SECRET POST #5952 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5952 ⌋

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[dinogrrl]

Cruelty to cats in media is more commonplace than cruelty to dogs, and it's used frequently in offscreen or 'subtle' ways. Where cruelty to a dog is generally used to evoke anger towards the character who does it and pity for the dog/dog's owner, cruelty to a cat is often barely given a second glance--the person who performs it is generally not a 'good' character but there's not as much thought given to the cat/cat's owner who's the victim. It's a media trope to the point that that I'm not surprised you'd miss it if you weren't looking for it. It ties into the same trope that having a character who owns cat(s) is shorthand for showing they're mentally ill, or evil, or both.

Sadly it's a mindset that carries over into real life as well--casual mentions of harming or antagonizing cats happens way more often than with almost any other animal (snakes are a very close second).

(I'm a vet tech and I work exclusively with cats, this is a topic that comes up surprisingly frequently at various CE conferences I've been to.)

[(Anonymous)]

Not sure what a CE conference is, but I'm glad the topic is being discussed.

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT-- CE is continuing education

[dinogrrl]

CE = continuing education, in my state vet techs need so many hours of education a year to be able to maintain our licenses. Easiest way to do that is to go to a weekend veterinary conference and rack up hours all at once so you aren't having to attend numerous evening sessions throughout the year. :}

[sabotabby]

I am fascinated that it comes up in vet tech conferences! It's something I noticed but no one ever seems to comment on. Part of the reason why I have one of my cats (the black one in the icon) was because the person who found her was really worried about her wandering the streets around Halloween.

Anyway, vet techs are the best so hats off to you. It's a really hard job and y'all deserve more appreciation than you get.

[(Anonymous)]

This is off-topic, but your cats are adorable!

[sabotabby]

Aren't they? They are the loves of my life. :)

[(Anonymous)]

This. I also work with companion animals. There is a huge disparity between the veterinary care that dogs get and that dogs get. People are way less likely to pay for expensive procedures for a cat than a dog or even provide basic veterinary care.

[(Anonymous)]

SA. *care that dogs get and cat get.

[dinogrrl]

No kidding! It frustrates me how much the research into cat medicine lags behind most other animals (possibly excluding exotics). I mean come on we've used some medications for like 20+ years now for cats and the companies STILL won't cough up the time or money to get them actually labeled for use in cats...