What idiot thought this would be a good invention...

I couldn't even watch it ... had to click out of there!!! :( :( :( :mad: :mad: :mad: That is down right animal CRUELTY!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad: :(

More information on the pet washing machine from a Yahoo cat group email.
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The video from YouTube and has been pulled. Every major news and cable network carried it. The stupid woman put her yr. old orange and white cat in this box with a glass door - it is a pet washing machine. You put $ in, select amount of time, the metal grate flooring shoots up jets of water and I guess some kind of pet soap. The poor cat was terrified and leaping and twisting and jumping and trying to get out, finally it was exhausted and almost collapsed. The stupid woman hit the red emerg. stop button and took her cat out. She said the pet boutique said her cat would like it. The inventor in FL sells these all over the world for $25,800 and he says his business is ruined, but he has sold a LOT, esp. to pet stores in California....

The manufacturer's contact information is:
Pet Spa USA
www.petspausa.com
Email: [email protected]
4743 NW 72nd Ave, Miami, FL 33166
Phone: 800-973-8772
Fax: 305-594-8755

I emailed these people and, of course, I received no reply. His business is ruined...yeah, AFTER he made his bucks. Funny that he sold so many in CA. My son lives in LA and he says that they take animal cruelty in ANY form very seriously there. At any rate, I hope these contraptions are outlawed and banned!

Blessings,
Mary

At the time Ramanth initially posted this, I contacted HSUS legislation section. I asked if there was any way they could have these outlawed, and if they could get youtube to take the video down. the reply I received was thet many, many of these have sold; that they agree it is cruel; they have over 300 legilative positions they are working on now, and could not add this one.

I am glad the video is gone. It was horrible, I couldn't watch it all, I had to turn it off very early into it.
Sandra

Well I don't know what the deal is but I JUST watched it and it's still there. The website is still up and I sent them an email. I also flagged the video and inappropriate for extreme violence.
All I can say is Karma baby..karma. :mad:

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Originally Posted by rosethecopycat

And you are NOT supposed to get their heads wet.

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Actually you can get a cats head wet. Outside cats get wet heads all the time, the main difference is water is coming from one direction only, above, in the form of rain, and they can fold down their ears to keep water from getting in. Unlike this supposed 'cat washing machine' which has water coming from all over and underneath.

I bathe my cats 3-4 times per year (cept for Dusty because she's too old and arthritic anymore). I've always washed their heads. I keep the sprayer on a mild spray and hold it close to the top of the head so water trickles down the face and use a wet washcloth for actual cleaning. When I am done I make sure to dry their faces with a towel and clean out the ears in case any water did manage to drip in there.

In my years of doing this with my multitude of cats, none of them have ever had any ear or eye infections from getting their heads wet.

I think it just matters how you do it.

I did find this story from CNN about this 'cat washing machine'

http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/02/smbu...ion=2007020208

If that isn't animal abuse I don't know what is. That poor kitty. :(

"PETA thinks this hideous contraption belongs in a litter box, where every cat we know would gladly cover it up with sand. Cats need our companionship inside our homes: a window seat, lots of food and plenty of love - not to be shoved into a terrifying and claustrophobic water-soaked machine devised by some cat-loathing, profit-hungry jerks," Lisa Lange, senior vice president of PETA, said in an email.

I find that quote as offensive as the video.

I am certain that in PETAS hands the cat would have been euthanized instead.

Gotta love a hyppocrite, two mouths to speak from and Teflon coated too!

could this possibly go to the town hall or some where else because if my bro's see this they will be rolling on the floor with laughter :o (im so embarresed but is it possible???) they like this sort of cruel stuff :( :o