These Curly Cats Who All Descended From One Shelter Kitty Are Taking Internet By Storm

And what she^ means is Not that there weren't an over abundance of strays in the 80's. There certainly was, however, its just that we do a lot more nowadays to raise awareness and rescues have the policy of fixing all the cats before placing them.

No, they didn't. There are still millions of strays out on the street on every continent. Even curly cats are among them.

This is linked to the polycystic kidney disease, hypertropic cardiomyopathy and of course less dangerous ears problems and greasy fur because of the shape of the fur. Breeding is not a game and this cuties often suffer because of humans choices. To change the shape of follicles you have to select other breeds with their own diseases and it ends with poor cats with a lot of genetic disease because humans think it "so cuuuute".

"BREEDING????i'm an ethologist/biological speciaslist and it is very dangerous to do such things." #whyidonthavekids

What disease is the curly hair linked to??

What disease are curls a result of? Changed shape of follicles isn't slated to disease anywhere AFAIK

There really is no reason why you NEEDED to purchase a pup from a breeder ... you could have gotten one from the shelter. Unless you want to run that dog in little doggy shows and sip some wine from the boxes, you don't need a purebreed. By doing so, you're screwing over thousands of other animals that would be great companions.

There are German shepherd rescues that have puppies and adults available to adopt. Please don't advocate going to a breeder to get a purebred!

Hey! Knock it off...

Yeah I still don't get the complaint. If the rescued cat went on to have a good life and was cared for why does she or her care what ideology motivated the rescue?

Isn't it funny how everything changes if you replace "cats" with humans? "You don't get it. She met a man living in an orphanage, who lived out on the street at some point and decided to marry him. Now there are thousands of humans more in this world and thousands more will come just because of one selfish greedy person. As if there aren't enough humans out there already?"

And it's just not healthy. Her actions were completely driven by greed with no regard for the health of the species. The woman does not know that first cat's lineage, and so all future decedents of her may be prone to many, many issues. It's essentially the same argument regarding other animals, such as a bulldog, where the species is prone to health issues and it is borderline inhumane to continue breeding them and then selling them (solely for profit).