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.
- People, this is NOT COOL.
Oh good, there's a #freegrumpycat hashtag. Really, someone should call the Austin SPCA and get that poor animal out of there.
#freegrumpycat or face the wrath of @karaswisher allthingsd.com/20130309/peopl… http://pic.twitter.com/YvlO3tqGxX- The owners and the Austin Humane Society insist Grumpy Cat is doing fine with all the attention.
@dsilverman @LanceUlanoff abcn.ws/10nsT8h I asked the owners about it. They promise the cat is okay! #freegrumpycat- Here's Joanna's story in which the #freegrumpycat reaction is addressed.
Grumpy Cat: The Internet's Favorite Sour Cat Draws Crowds at SXSWCredit: Joanna Stern / ABC News AUSTIN, Texas - The cat is out of the bag here at SXSW, or out of the Internet. While that furry and very...
@kekoacambra @aspca @elanazak @MikeIsaac They aren't allowing anyone to touch #grumpycat and she's getting lots of breaks. She's doing good.- 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.
- The author of the piece thinks Tardar Sauce is safe.
grumpy cat is safe (but this is still HUMILIATING i think) buzzfeed.com/jwherrman/peta…- But on Saturday, many on Twitter were up in arms.
Someone with millions of followers needs to start this hashtag (not me) #LeaveGrumpyCatAlone This is borderline animal abuse now.
Why yes, that is Pete Cashmore getting into a cab before I could tell him to #freegrumpycat http://pic.twitter.com/cfqavUhpoY
@superterrific A #grumpycatliberationfront needs to step in. It’s cruel to subject an animal to that kind of stress. #freegrumpycat
@BklynBckstretch @jnchapel seriously ridiculous, I’ll be visiting @mashable a lot less in the future #freegrumpycat
Please #leavegrumpycatalone. I am a fan and it hurts me to see her treated like this! @Mashable @Friskies #SXSW #FreeGrumpyCat
.@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
People of SX, realise this is exactly what Mashable wanted - people talking. It is unfair though, please do #freegrumpycat
