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Simple people are amused by simple things…this is the case of tattoo artist Timur Rimut, from Tatarsan, Russia, who has caused a bit of outrage with animal rights activists around the world for defiling his cat with a tattoo.

Rimut, 24, inked a necklace design on the feline with the words Carpe Diem, Latin for ‘seize the day’… things get even stranger when you see the identical tattoo on his own chest and a tattoo portrait of the hairless sphinx on his arm.

Apparently pet tattooing has become a trend in Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, so is it really that awful… The inking was done in the presence of a veterinarian and an anaesthesiologist. The unfortunate feline went under anaesthetic for the painful treatment – and video footage shows him passed out on a table while Rimut gets to work with the needle.

It’s not the first time a sphynx cat has been tattooed in Russia. Moscow woman Oksana Popova had her cat sedated for three hours so a tattoo of the Egyptian pharoah Tutankhamun could be inked of its chest.

In 2005 Belgian artist Wim Delvoye launched a farm in China where tattooed pigs were displayed.

The pigs had individual carers who moisturised their skin to ensure the tattoos stay in good condition.

Watch the video for yourself and let me know if it’s cruelty or just a sign of things to come?

[Cheers huffingtonpost]