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

[ramanth]

A Kitty Spa...

*edit* Scared kitty in mechanical pet washer. Watch at own risk*

http://youtube.com/watch?v=15bwhVxw-Bg



My two would kill me.

This is the company's website.

http://www.petspausa.com/

Andy and I saw this on Animal Planet being demonstrated on a dog at a Pet Expo in CA. Dogs I can see using it on, but can't imagine how they think a cat wouldn't be stressed out. I know some people with long hair cats take them to be groomed and I'd think the groomer would get clawed more trying to get the cat out of this vs. hand washing.

[RedHedd]

OMG! That poor cat!

[Husky_mom]

they probably thought "hey that way no one gets scratched" but did he thought about scaring to death the poor kitty? I think not!!........poor baby he never knew what happened........I couldn´t bear watching that scary face in my cat, I´d rather get scratched or simply don´t bathe him.......

[critter crazy]

That is just so wrong!!!! Think of that poor cats stress level!! Not tomention, i am sure that poor kitty got water in his ears!! Poor kitty!!

[Randi]

Good grief!!! Poor, poor cat!! He'll never be normal again. The ones who put him in there should be charged with Animal Cruelty!!

And anyway, cats don't need baths!!

[catmandu]

I tried to look it up, but youtube is on hiatus.
Is it the Cat Washing Machine, where the Cats put in , and washed against thier will.
I think like the Who, they would be MMMEEEEOOOWWWING
We dont get fooled again!!!

[Lizzie]

That was sick, truly gut-wrenchingly sick! How on earth could his guardian stand there and watch her cat go through such terror? This is abuse, to my mind, and I would love to stuff her in a commercial washing machine and see how she enjoys being made to smell sweeter.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

How sick..... I hope that this is fake...
Poor cat..........

[Kalei]

OMG that was horrible! I felt like I was watching a horror movie. That poor cat looked traumatized, like it was gripping for any sign of escape and life. The cat could have had a heart attack from how scared it was and also, I bet it got water up its nose and had a hard time breathing with all that fog and water in there. I hated watching it, I wish that whoever invented this machine is charged with a fine that will break him so that he can't invent anything but a way to make a box to live on the street

[wolflady]

Yikes! That seems like it would be a little too traumatic for the cat. The poor thing was scared out of its wits!

[DrKym]

My cats wouls stage a Coup! omg they saw me waching it and armed themselves with knives..........................

[jennielynn1970]

OMG!!! That poor kitty! She/He must have been scared to death! What kind of owners would do that to an animal they loved?! They shouldn't even be allowed to have fish!

[Lizzie]

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

[Medusa]

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

[Freedom]

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