A Russian Instagram star has been accused of animal cruelty after she shared pictures of her sphinx cat with a tattoo across its belly on social media.
Elena Ivanickaya caused a stir for choosing to have a picture of the winged Egyptian god Anubis inked on his hairless feline Yasha to make him look “unique”
and to “please God”.
While the fitness model doesn’t appear to have any visible tattoos on her own body, Ms Ivanickaya said the procedure was undergone through anesthetic and caused no harm to her kitty.
Ms Ivanickaya and her partner Anatoily Loginov claimed the tattoo was done by one of the best artists in the country and approved by a veterinarian.
"The best tattoo parlour of Chernigov (and probably all of Ukraine) was chosen, agreed with the vet - a woman wanting to do God-pleasing work,” Mr Loginov defended in a Facebook post following the furore.
"When, two months ago, we decided to make a tattoo for our cat Yasha, we rummaged through the Internet in search of information about whether or not it was harmful,” he added.
"Making sure that in the world where thousands of sphinxes live well with tattoos, we asked the clinic if it would be harmful for our unique cat.
"We got the answer - that we can calmly do it.”
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