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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/12/11 13:00:01
Subject: Twisty Cats
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Infiltrating Hawwa'
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So this morning I was watching animal planet, waiting for the dog whisperer to be over so I could switch back to nat geo wild. Anyways, some show about freaky animals came on, and it had a showing of "twisty cats".
http://www.karmafarms.com/twisty.htm
Edit - looks like animal planet did the story wrong.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2011/12/11 13:48:00
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/12/11 13:03:02
Subject: Twisty Cats
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Nihilistic Necron Lord
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Reminds me a lot of what the AKC has done to breeds like the Bulldog.
Poor Animals.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/12/11 13:16:50
Subject: Twisty Cats
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Lady of the Lake
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If cute is the breeding equivalent of foot binding, then yeh I guess they're kind of cute.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/12/11 13:16:50
Subject: Re:Twisty Cats
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Trazyn's Museum Curator
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Those poor kitties. How could anyone do this sort of thing?
This makes me saaaaad.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/12/11 13:17:09
Subject: Twisty Cats
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Executing Exarch
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I dislike that woman greatly.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/12/11 13:21:25
Subject: Re:Twisty Cats
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Stubborn Hammerer
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I read the link and am now confused.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/12/11 13:29:15
Subject: Re:Twisty Cats
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Yea it doesnt sound like she purposely does things to them to get them that way? Its a genetic mishap. At least thats how I took it from reading the link. Did I miss something? Is it because I just recently woke up and am a bit foggy?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/12/11 13:35:56
Subject: Re:Twisty Cats
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Infiltrating Hawwa'
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KingCracker wrote:Yea it doesnt sound like she purposely does things to them to get them that way? Its a genetic mishap. At least thats how I took it from reading the link. Did I miss something? Is it because I just recently woke up and am a bit foggy?
Basically instead of spaying the animal with the defect she gathers them up and breeds them, producing defect kittens.
Now most of what I know is coming from the animal planet show. If that link goes somewhere else then I'm not sure. Lady might have decided to change things and updated the sight accordingly.
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“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.”
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/12/11 13:39:35
Subject: Re:Twisty Cats
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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You didnt read your own link then? Because that wasnt what the link said, infact, it states that animal planet "Got a few things wrong on their show"
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/12/11 13:45:21
Subject: Twisty Cats
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Infiltrating Hawwa'
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Using a phone, and the only links besides that one were people screaming animal cruelty. Tried to find the most balanced article on google. Skimmed it and posted it.
So animal planet made the situation out to be worse then it was? That's interesting. I'll read more into later.
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“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.”
― Jonathan Safran Foer |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/12/11 13:48:19
Subject: Re:Twisty Cats
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Probably should, it really could just be her making the situation less then it actually is, I dunno its her website. But according to her, animal planet got it wrong and that ignited a big controversy. Not surprising really, if she is telling the truth, because most people "know" what they "know" from watching TV and or movies......which is terrifying
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/12/11 13:55:07
Subject: Twisty Cats
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Infiltrating Hawwa'
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Damn it all, should have stuck with natgeo wild. AP is the new fox news.
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“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.”
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/12/11 17:20:03
Subject: Re:Twisty Cats
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Trazyn's Museum Curator
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She may have only bred them like that, but that still doesn't change the fact that the poor critters can't run, hunt, jump, use their front paw properly, walk properly and have to rely on someone to give them food.
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Westwood lives in death!
Peace through power!
A longbeard when it comes to Necrons and WHFB. Grumble Grumble
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/12/11 18:26:11
Subject: Re:Twisty Cats
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Infiltrating Hawwa'
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Having gone through the article, yeah I can sorta see what happened if the Karma farms story is legit. Deformed cats make a better story if the listener is told about them being bred to look that way, and thus it got twisted. Still, the following kind of stuck out to me.
It is true that we wanted kittens like Flipper when we bred her and did hope that there would be a breed like Flip one day. But we found that the Twisty gene rarely produced one like Flip and can cause more twisting and abbreviation than we wanted.
I imagine it's a good thing that didn't work. They'd be getting more hate mail than they currently do with that TV show still airing.
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“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.”
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/12/11 19:56:42
Subject: Re:Twisty Cats
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Warplord Titan Princeps of Tzeentch
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CthuluIsSpy wrote:She may have only bred them like that, but that still doesn't change the fact that the poor critters can't run, hunt, jump, use their front paw properly, walk properly and have to rely on someone to give them food.
Which is sad, but is still better than simply being killed at birth.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2011/12/11 20:30:35
Subject: Re:Twisty Cats
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Trazyn's Museum Curator
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biccat wrote:CthuluIsSpy wrote:She may have only bred them like that, but that still doesn't change the fact that the poor critters can't run, hunt, jump, use their front paw properly, walk properly and have to rely on someone to give them food.
Which is sad, but is still better than simply being killed at birth.
You misunderstand me, I am not advocating killing them at birth; that would be atrocious.
I am just saying that people shouldn't breed disadvantageous deformities, just because they think it looks nice.
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What I have
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Westwood lives in death!
Peace through power!
A longbeard when it comes to Necrons and WHFB. Grumble Grumble
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