This man (Ryan?) is immoral. I know that I am being outspoken but it is transparently obvious that I’m correct. He has overfed his black-and-white cat consistently for a long time or adopted an obese cat and failed to put his cat on a diet. It is almost certainly the former. He then describes his cat whose name is Keith as ‘Keith the cat cow’ with the TikTok tag: #keiththecatcow.
The video that you see on this page has been viewed 90 million times. The comments say that the man is abusing his cat. I said the same thing and it is exploitation and making fun of his cat’s obesity for which he takes responsibility. It is stupid. He doesn’t mind. His videos are successful. Why should he mind? What he is doing is working well, in terms of getting views.
What can you say? TikTok allows this. There is a very strong argument which states that TikTok should not allow these sorts of videos. People should not be allowed to abuse their cat by overfeeding them to the point where they are seriously obese and then make funny cat videos because of their obesity.
Admittedly the video is done well and is quite amusing if you are open to being amused, which I am not in this instance.
Pretty well every funny cat video on the Internet of which there are billions are in some way or other an abuse of the cat. I’m probably being too cranky and too serious. People will criticise me for not being open enough to having some fun.
I like a bit of fun but I am keener on animal welfare. I am more interested in respecting the cat. This kind of obesity is going to shorten Keith’s lifespan. Feline obesity can lead to a range of health issues including type 2 diabetes as in humans. And diabetes causes many ill-health symptoms.
This cat owner dearly disrespects his cat because he calls Keith a cow. I have noticed on his TikTok page that he has more than one obese cat. I am going to guess and say that this man is obese himself and finds it entirely acceptable. Shame on him, I say. And shame on TikTok for allowing it.
Below are some more pages on videos of various kinds featuring cats.
Cat zoomies for social media videos
Do animal advocates have to hate kitten exploitation videos?
Why don’t you let your cat in rather than video him?!
Lawyer at Depp v. Heard trial suggests a cat does internet searches
Cat meme videos of Johnny Depp versus Amber Heard defamation trial
TikTok face filter video provokes astonished reaction in owner’s cat
TikTok #catslapchallenge and other TikTok animal abuse videos
“Let’s scare the cats and entertain the public” (in a TikTok video)
Kate Beckinsale accused of cat abuse in unnecessarily frightening her Persian cat
Cat springs off kitchen counter in a peculiar way as it is covered in tin foil
Cat owner coughs and his five cats scram
The only thing that is worse than Facebook is TikTok. Then you wonder why there is no humanity left.
Yes, TikTok is pretty bad. I think it is less regulated compared to YouTube and it shows.
I only have one fat cat but he’s proportioned for this body frame. He’s a really big guy with big bones, he’s like 2 cats but with one eye. But this poor black and white cat is obese. As for those cat treats if you read the label they are high in fat that’s why the cats like them. I bought some of those Meow Mix Irresistibles because they were lower in fat and only one cat likes them but the dogs love them.