Activists outraged about Memphis-based cat recycling company

[The Straight Story]

Activists outraged about Memphis-based cat recycling company

MEMPHIS, TN -

(WMC-TV) - A cat service website is sparking outrage from animal rights supporters, but is it real or fake?

The website is for a Memphis-based company, Fresh Cat, which claims to ship kittens to customers as a subscription service. After a year lapses, subscribers can then ship the cat back in exchange for a new kitten.

Alexis Amorose at the Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County was outraged Thursday by Fresh Cat's philosophy: Everyone loves a kitten until a year later, when the animals become lazy and boring.

"I'm in absolute shock and a lot of horror at the thought something like this might even possibly be real," she said.

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Fresh Cat claims to ship the returned cats to China. The Humane Society is promising an investigation to make sure nothing cruel is happening to animals.

http://www.wmctv.com/story/15955224/activists-outraged-about-memphis-based-cat-recycling-company

This is OBVIOUSLY a hoax as you can tell from their website: http://freshcat.biz/

[DetlefK]

1. Well, in Switzerland you can rent a Guinea Pig as a pet.

No kidding. Guinea Pigs tend to live in herds. If one of your pets dies, you can rent a Guinea Pig so the other one won't fell so alone and miserable. If you decide to keep the rented Guinea Pig, you can also buy it.

The article I read, mentioned that the rented Guinea Pig should be equal in temper to the other one, so they can get along. But they also mentioned the example, how a calm Guinea-Pig grandpa had a second spring-time after they put a freaky Guinea Pig-girl in his cage...

[The Straight Story]

3. In some areas of Nevada you can rent a wife for a few hours

:hide:

[area51]

6. You're bad.

:spank:

[hobbit709]

2. Proving once again that those most easily offended by irony and sarcasm

Are least likely to understand it.

[TreasonousBastard]

4. Years ago the FBI got involved in the Great Bonsai Kitten fiasco...

and every so often you can still find someone horrified at the torture of kittens:

http://www.ding.net/bonsaikitten/index.html

[Capitalocracy]

5. OMG THAT'S HORRIBLE!!1!

AND IT'S 4RREALZ, THEIRS PICTURES!

[PoliticAverse]

7. A friend and I came up with the rent-a-kitten idea years ago...

we abandoned the idea when we couldn't figure out what to do with all the returned cats...

[meow2u3]

9. There already is a "rent-a-kitten" program available

It's called fostering. Just care for the itty bitty kitty (or kitties) until he, she, or they are old and big enough to be adopted.

[pinboy3niner]

8. They should have gone with 'Cat-of-the-Month'

:rofl: