These are just a riot!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...ld-animals.html

Want a Panda..or a tiger?

That is pretty cool, I'd like to get my cat painted like a raccoon.

I guess as long as the tigers pandas dogs don't suffer...

There was a show on Animal Planet that talked about this. Evidently, people tatoo their pets, bedazzle bugs, and have doggie dye competitions too.

some people have WAY too much spare time.

If they do, they dont own horses! Huh Becca?

I did see a hairless cat with tatoos, it did look better and seem to have more confidence ....

I was thinking more like...

I think dying/tattooing/painting animals is cruel.

I don't think dying an animal would be that much more upsetting to the animals than a regular grooming. And a lot of us do that to ourselves.
However, tattoos? Really? That just seems cruel and unusual.

On the Animal Planet show, they said the dye was temporary and made mostly of vegetable based dyes and food coloring. It's supposed to wash out within a week. I think that's ok, but I'm against the whole tatooing animals thing.

Our greyhound has his racing numbers tattooed in his ears.

Almost all greyhounds have tattoos that allow identification of bloodline and birthdate of the animal. Handy for proving someone stole your dog!

Wow I had no idea they did that! Micro-chips aren't good enough?

Somebody might hack into the chip and make the dog start automatically.

A lot of ranchers tattoo numbers into the ears of their cattle. This is in addition to their eartag, and in many cases, a freeze brand or hot brand.

Here's an interesting tidbit - after freeze branding a black cow, it's hair will grow back in white!

I am glad we have moved on from porpoises!

Have you been stalking my posts GD???

The tatooing on that show was not for id purposes....it was for "artistic" purposes. One lady had her hairless cat tatooed with King Tut's face on the cat's chest. And a guy in Asia sedates and tatoos pigs, then sells them for upwards of 10 grand (more if the tatoo art is large). He basically uses the pigs as canvases.

BTW, it was one of those "Most Extreme" episodes.

"Stalking" is such an ugly word. I prefer "being attentive."

The practice is far older than microchips

I forgot about that. Our Airedale had an ID tattoo on her belly from the SPCA. But that was a small tattoo done while she was being fixed, not some piece of art.

Even if they sedate them for the process, it still hurts for a little while afterwards.

Ahh now that makes more sense.

Is this anohter one of those Ancient Aliens things....?