'Not cool': Kim Kardashian faces heat after resurfaced photo shows her 'mistreating' cat
Kim Kardashian has come under fire for mistreating a cat after a resurfaced old photo showed her posing with a furry companion in an unfriendly manner. Fans have dubbed the image "disturbing."
In the picture, Kim, now 41, seems to have stepped out of the dressing room wearing a black top after her shoot for 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians.' She holds a black cat by the scruff of its neck while letting her long, then-brunette hair fall over her shoulders. Kim uploaded the image on Twitter in 2010 and captioned it: "Pic from my shoot yesterday... good kitty cat!".
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http://twitpic.com/1gpmua - Pic from my shoot yesterday...good kitty cat!
— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) April 19, 2010
According to the British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: "To pick up a kitten, people should gently pick them up with one hand supporting the front/chest area, and the other under his back feet/bottom. It’s also important to never pick up a kitten by the nape of his neck. "
However, it appeared Kim was holding the cat just that way. The image was posted on Reddit on Sunday and more than 100 individuals found it hard to believe that it had happened. People showed sympathy for the cat, saying that it looked "stressed" and "unhappy". One said, "Omfg that poor cat."
Another commented, "That’s not cool. A lot of people think you can lift a cat like this, but you shouldn’t. It’s less harmful when they’re young and have less body weight, but it’s not necessary."
A third said, "Imagine if she lost her grip. Yes, moms carry kittens like this when the kittens weigh a few oz, not when they’re that big. And they do not dangle them 5 feet in the air!"
Another individual called her "sinister," while someone snapped, "Kim is an as**ole for this. That cat should have scratched her face." Someone else commented, "We all know this family’s track record with pets," referring to the Kardashians' repeated skirmishes with animal welfare advocates over their treatment of animals.
Kim and her sister Kourtney Kardashian faced harsh criticism from animal rights organizations in 2018 after releasing footage of themselves having fun with marmoset monkeys. In the video, Kim said, "They're licking me while wearing a skimpy white bikini," as the monkeys jumped all over their home.
As reported by Babe.net, "it is illegal to own a monkey as a pet in California, and the acquiring of a monkey involves killing entire families to obtain the young." Calling the behavior "appalling", Dr Erin Vogel of Rutgers University said that celebrities should be helping with the conservation of "endangered habitats" of these species instead of uploading selfies on Instagram.
At the time, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) had told the Daily Mail that natural tree-dwellers, and marmosets, needed huge, tightly-knit social groupings to survive.
Although the wild species of monkeys are not meant to be tamed, it is unknown if Kim and her sister intended to adopt the primates. In one picture, they rushed across her furniture and seemed like they were screaming; they didn't look like they had a caretaker.
Kim also has three Pomeranian dogs named Saké, Soba, and Sushi, though they are rarely featured in her model-like, well-groomed Instagram photographs. In 2021, she acquired a white cat that isn't often seen either.
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Kim's ex-husband Kanye West had previously given her a cat named Mercy in 2012, but after a few weeks, she developed allergies to it and had to give it away. The kitten tragically passed away at four months old.