Free Grumpy Cat!

The feline at the heart of the Grumpy Cat meme has been brought by Mashable to South by Southwest, where attendees are lining up to take pictures with it. Cats hate strangers, strange places and chaos in general. This amounts to animal abuse. There's now a hashtag: #FreeGrumpyCat.

  1. People, this is NOT COOL.
  2. .@RealGrumpyCat meets fans at the Mashable House! #mashSXSW http://vine.co/v/bwZhpxAebWD
  3. Oh good, there's a #freegrumpycat hashtag. Really, someone should call the Austin SPCA and get that poor animal out of there.
  4. The owners and the Austin Humane Society insist Grumpy Cat is doing fine with all the attention.
  5. Here's Joanna's story in which the #freegrumpycat reaction is addressed.
  6. @kekoacambra @aspca @elanazak @MikeIsaac They aren't allowing anyone to touch #grumpycat and she's getting lots of breaks. She's doing good.
  7. On Sunday, BuzzFeed's tech site reported that the Austin chapter of PETA had looked into Grumpy Cat's treatment and had no problem with the situation.
  8. The author of the piece thinks Tardar Sauce is safe.
  9. But on Saturday, many on Twitter were up in arms.
  10. Someone with millions of followers needs to start this hashtag (not me) #LeaveGrumpyCatAlone This is borderline animal abuse now.
  11. Why yes, that is Pete Cashmore getting into a cab before I could tell him to #freegrumpycat http://pic.twitter.com/cfqavUhpoY
  12. .@Mashable violating Austin code ᄃ3-2-3(C) prohibiting display of animals for commercial purposes. http://www.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/Texas/austin/title3animalregulation/chapter3-2restrictionsonanimals?f=templates$fn=default.htm$3.0$vid=amlegal:austin_tx$anc=JD_3-2-3 #FreeGrumpyCat
  13. People of SX, realise this is exactly what Mashable wanted - people talking. It is unfair though, please do #freegrumpycat

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