Owner spends £1,100 on plastic surgery for cat to 'make it prettier'

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    <p class=”mol-para-with-font”>A pet owner in east China has been heavily criticised after she took her cat for 광주 성형외과 plastic surgery because she didn’t like the shape of its eyes. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>The woman in Nanjing, Jiangsu province took the moggy to the vet for a 10,000 yuan (£1,100) double-eyelid operation, or Asian blepharoplasty, where a crease is added to the animal’s eyelids, according to Chinese reports.  </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Many people in China, who are born with monolids, believe that having double-eyelids would make their eyes appear larger and more attractive.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Vets made a cut on each of the cat’s eyelid with a scalpel after the owner deemed its eyes ‘ugly’, according to Jiangsu Television in a report on Wednesday. </p><div class=”moduleFull mol-video”><div><div itemprop=”video” itemscope=”itemscope” website content=”Chinese pet owner gets plastic surgery for her ‘too ugly’ cat” itemprop=”name” /><meta content=”PT02M10S” itemprop=”duration” /><meta website itemprop=”thumbnailUrl” /><meta website itemprop=”contentURL” /><meta content=”2019-02-27T09:38:25+0000″ itemprop=”uploadDate” /><meta content=”576″ itemprop=”height” /><meta content=”1024″ itemprop=”width” /><meta content=”Pet owner from Nanjing, in China’s Jiangsu Province, spends £1,100 on plastic surgery for her cat that she believes is ‘too ugly'” itemprop=”description” /><div class=”item”> <div class=”vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col news” id=”v-7727773957799169855″> <video controls=”” class=”video-js vjs-default-skin” website pet owner gets plastic surgery for her ‘too ugly’ website owner from Nanjing, in China’s Jiangsu Province, spends £1,100 on plastic surgery for her cat that she believes is ‘too website preload=”none”> <source website type=”video/mp4″></source> </video> </div> </div> </div></div></div><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> The woman in Nanjing, Jiangsu province took the moggy to the vet for a 10,000 yuan (£1,100) double-eyelid operation, where a crease is added to the animal's eyelids </div> <noscript> The woman in Nanjing, Jiangsu province took the moggy to the vet for a 10,000 yuan (£1,100) double-eyelid operation, where a crease is added to the animal's eyelids </noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>The woman in Nanjing, Jiangsu province took the moggy to the vet for a 10,000 yuan (£1,100) double-eyelid operation, where a crease is added to the animal’s eyelids</p></div><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> Images released by the station show the area around the moggy's eyes red and swollen, with a line of stitches visible under each eye. Net users called the incident a case of animal abuse </div> <noscript> Images released by the station show the area around the moggy's eyes red and swollen, with a line of stitches visible under each eye. Net users called the incident a case of animal abuse </noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Images released by the station show the area around the moggy’s eyes red and swollen, 광주 성형외과 with a line of stitches visible under each eye.

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    </div> </div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Images released by the station show the area around the moggy’s eyes red and swollen, with a line of stitches visible under each eye. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>An employee at the Rupeng Pet Hospital in Nanjing told reporters that it provides double-eyelid surgery for cats and dogs, adding that the operation has been common among dog owners who want their pets to participate in shows.  </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>But he noted that there may be a health risk during anaesthesia as it would create a lot of discomfort for the cat, 광주 성형외과 it being a resilient animal. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>An unnamed veterinarian at a different hospital called double-eyelid surgeries on pets a ‘frivolous procedure’.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’We would never agree to put cats and dogs under the knife unless they are sick and needed the procedure for health reasons,’ the female doctor told Jiangsu Television.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>The incident saw the pet owner heavily criticised on Chinese social media, with furious net users slamming the woman’s intentions. </p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> An employee at the Rupeng Pet Hospital in Nanjing told reporters that it provides double-eyelid surgery for cats and dogs, adding that the operation has been common among dog owners who want their pets to participate in shows </div> <noscript> An employee at the Rupeng Pet Hospital in Nanjing told reporters that it provides double-eyelid surgery for cats and dogs, adding that the operation has been common among dog owners who want their pets to participate in shows </noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>An employee at the Rupeng Pet Hospital in Nanjing told reporters that it provides double-eyelid surgery for cats and dogs, adding that the operation has been common among dog owners who want their pets to participate in shows</p></div><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> An unnamed veterinarian at a different hospital called double-eyelid surgeries on pets a 'frivolous procedure' while many net users slammed the pet owner's intentions </div> <noscript> An unnamed veterinarian at a different hospital called double-eyelid surgeries on pets a 'frivolous procedure' while many net users slammed the pet owner's intentions </noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>An unnamed veterinarian at a different hospital called double-eyelid surgeries on pets a ‘frivolous procedure’ while many net users slammed the pet owner’s intentions</p></div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’The procedure, if just to make it look prettier, is completely unnecessary and causes the animal pain,’ one net user commented on Chinese microblogging site Weibo.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’It doesn’t even look like the same cat anymore.

    This is plain torture,’ one comment read. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’I would go as far to say this is animal abuse – complete disregard of the poor cat’s feelings,’ another user added.  </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Eyelid surgery on humans first became popular in South Korea and Japan, and was the third most popular cosmetic surgery worldwide in 2015, after breast augmentation and liposuction. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Although plastic surgery for pets are gaining popularity, experts emphasised that such procedures are for function and not necessarily for cosmetics. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Many animals suffering from infection, inability to breath and 광주 성형외과 eye problems may benefit from plastic surgery, according to a previous report on the TODAY show. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>The most common procedures include tummy tucks to prevent bacterial infections, eyelid lifts to avoid scratched corneas, and laser nostril procedures to help dogs with wrinkled noses breathe easier. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>According to animal insurance company Petplan, owners in the United States spent over US$62 million (£47 million) in plastic surgery for their pets in 2011.  </p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img” style=”height: auto;”> <div class=”image-wrap”> In February 2017, a family from Russia was criticised after they took their dog for plastic surgery to alter its ears to make it look more like the dog from The Mask </div> <noscript> In February 2017, a family from Russia was criticised after they took their dog for plastic surgery to alter its ears to make it look more like the dog from The Mask </noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>In February 2017, a family from Russia was criticised after they took their dog for plastic surgery to alter its ears to make it look more like the dog from The Mask</p></div><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> The family used weights and glue to try and keep the ears of the Jack Russel down, but when that failed they opted for plastic surgery instead, against doctors' advice </div> <noscript> The family used weights and glue to try and keep the ears of the Jack Russel down, but when that failed they opted for plastic surgery instead, against doctors' advice </noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>The family used weights and glue to try and keep the ears of the Jack Russel down, but when that failed they opted for plastic surgery instead, against doctors’ advice</p></div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>In February 2017, a family from Russia was criticised after they took their dog for plastic surgery to alter its ears to make it look more like the dog from The Mask, against surgeons’ advice. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Wendy Higgins, director of international media at Humane Society International, told MailOnline that any kind of surgery where an animal is anaesthetised carries a health risk. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’Subjecting a cat to that risk as well as all the associated discomfort and fear, in the name of non-essential surgery for human vanity is certainly irresponsible and not in the best welfare interests of the cat,’ Higgins said. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’All animals are beautiful, in whatever shape or size they come in, and their visual imperfections only give them more character.

    Surgically altering our pets for purely cosmetic reasons is not kind or wise,’ she said.  </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’Unless there is some health need for the animal, as there can be for example with some breeds, we should love them just the way they are,’ she added. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Keith Guo, spokesperson for PETA, told MailOnline that owners perhaps should reconsider their choice of getting a pet in the first place if they feel that they need to alter their animals’ appearance. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’Any kind of unnecessary surgery that puts our pets under the knife poses a risk from wounds and infection. If you are looking for something “pretty” to show your friends, buy a necklace,’ Guo said.</p></div>

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