Stolen Picture

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

'Morning Everybody

Check this out to see the surprise of my morning!

I was reading a post by Kuhio in Cat Rescue about a Midwest transport that is needed. I went to check out the site that she mentioned in her post

http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NY413.html

When what to my surprise I see?!!??!!

Check out the 6th picture down on the left. Does that look like anyone you know?

And then, as a matter of fact, check out this site.

http://catoftheday.com/archive/2002/May/02.html

See any similarities??!!??

I am going to be sending them an email, but will hold off for a bit so you guys can check it out.

[Maresche]

OMG! It's Peanut isn't it.....?

Well, they just wanted the most exquisite examples of cats they could find.

[Barbara]

This would make me mad! And it lets you wonder where the other kitties came from

[pitc9]

OMG!!!!
It's Peanut!!!!

Even if they just wanted to use the picture... they could have asked you!!!!!!!

[sirrahbed]

Well it is most definitely our Peanut. They should have asked....but I would be very flattered They have VERY good taste

[Kona & Oreo's mom]

Wow! You can tell they took it straight from the COTD site because you can still see the bevelling around the edges. Most of the other pictures also have that bevelling, so I wonder if they too are former COTD? Does PT have any connection to that "Kitty ResQ"?

[KYS]

It's definitley the same picture.
I would think that they should ask
for permission too.
I wonder why they don't use pictures of their
own cats?

Oh well, Peanut makes a wonderful representative
for their shelter.

[Samantha Puppy]

Good call on the beveling. I bet those other pictures with it are former COTDs.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Originally posted by Kona & Oreo's mom
Does PT have any connection to that "Kitty ResQ"?

That's a good question! I noticed that you could see in the upper right hand corner where they took the COTD logo out, but I didn't notice the beveling. And now that you mention the beveling, I do see it on the others, so I wonder.....

Have to email Paul or Karen. If they gave permission that's fine since technically I gave them permission to use the pic when I submitted it, but it's still wrong because to me, a rescue should be posting pics of cats that they have - or have had - up for adoption. Not just random pics of cats. Makes me think less of them as an organization.

[Dogz]

Wow, that's strange. I think it'd be a good idea to email Karen or Paul.


If it were me, I would call them & tell them them that you were interested in a certain kitty...

[gini]

Debbie, this is indeed strange.

1. How did they get this picture?

2. Why aren't they using "real" pictures of cats instead of picking it up from Pet Talk?


I do think this would make me mad too, if I found Rascal's picture on this site.

It makes me not trust them.

[Karen]

They did NOT receive permission from us to use those pictures. And it's not just Peanut whose image they "stole" from Cat of the Day! It'll take me a few minutes to pull up all the links, but I recognize almost all those kitties as being from CatoftheDay.com.

I will write to them and tell them that it is not fair - or ethical - to use images of cats who already have loving homes and whose owners did not give them permission. They are a shelter - surely they have cats and kittens whose picture they could take and use!

[Edwina's Secretary]

Just to be devil's advocate....perhaps they wanted really good photos of cats and could not afford to have them taken?

I'm not justify what they did....just suggesting there might be a good reason for doing something not good.

[Karen]

Pooty: http://catoftheday.com/archive/2003/June/17.html

Pippin: http://catoftheday.com/archive/2002/November/28.html

Frankie: http://catoftheday.com/archive/2002/October/04.html


They COULD have asked for permission if they didn;t have images of their own - but they DO have images of the kittens they have up for adoption on Petfinder - why didn't they use those?

[gini]

Sara, I agree, but did they think someone wouldn't notice?

They do have pictures of their kitties that are up for adoption, if you go into the site.