This is an ill-conceived, disgusting concept for a gaming app which entails the gruesome killing of domestic cats. It should not be made.
The idea for this grisly gaming app for mobile devices is the brainchild of Fred Mastropasqua. He presents the fundraising appeal in the video below. I have taken the extreme liberty of videoing it on a Flip camcorder from my commuter, which is why the quality is poor but the message is loud and clear nonetheless – the game should not get off the drawing board.
In the video, he says:
“So you can enjoy the funny, gruesome death scenes as much as I do. There is death by blender, knife, chainsaw, microwave and a lot more….For the record I do love cats!”
The fundraising appeal is on Kickstarter. People who fund the creation of the application can choose alternative ways for the cat to die – nice, isn’t it? There is a petition against it.
The whole concept is totally misconceived and immoral. It is not ‘fun’ as he states. Although for some people it will be fun but these sorts of people are probably already abusing and killing cats in real life or they wish they were. At the least they are going to members of the cat hating fraternity, I guess.
What is astonishing is that Mastropasqua has the audacity to say in the video that he loves cats. B*llsh*t.
The petitioner is asking people to make a complaint under the Kickstarter community guidelines and to sign the petition.
Yes, that tidbit of information was added to entertain all the vegan cat-owners who don’t think they are providing a reason for killing any animals with their “no kill” choices in life. 🙂
You do realise that the pet food industry is a sideline for manufacturers of human foods? They make use of the bits us humans won’t eat by turning them into petfood.
But I bet none of you would sign a petition against a game if you had to direct a cat around to skin-alive and disembowel-alive countless thousands of other animals. Admit it, you wouldn’t. I know you wouldn’t. Everyone knows you wouldn’t That’s why everyone sees you as pure hypocrites. You wouldn’t even warn anyone against its existence. You’d buy it and play it in private, gleefully laughing about how many animals you can torture-to-death with your cats — just like you already do in real-life with your real cats. Then for bonus points you could add-up how many fish, cattle, and chickens that you get to slaughter for cat-food to give your cats more “strength points”. Wouldn’t it be fun! It already is, isn’t it.
It surprises me how he genuinely believes the game is a good idea and how the deaths are ‘funny’. He actually believes that a cat’s gruesome death can be fun.
I’ve also signed the petition. Exploring different ways to kill cats is not my idea of “fun” and I’m sure all animal lovers would feel the same.
If it were a game where you could be a terrorist exploring new ways to kill, this wouldn’t be allowed any further than the suggestion board. So why should a similar game killing animals be considered acceptable. Anything which normalises violence against others is not a direction we should be taking. There’s already far too much animal cruelty in the real world, without having to encourage people to participate in the virutal world. How long before that novelty wears off and they want to put into practice killing cats in the real world?
Can’t believe Kickstarter would promote such vile trash.