Photos: Woman Sparks Outrage After Tattooing Image of Egyptian God On Her Cat

A woman has been heavily criticised on social

media after she shared photos of her cat with a

tattoed image of an Egyptian god.

Elena Ivanickaya tattoed image of Egyptian god on

her cat

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.”

He hit back at critics, claiming the tattoo was not
a form of animal cruelty and urged people who
were offended to focus their energies on “real”
issues of animal violence.

An Instagram page has been set up for the feline,
which has copped a string of abuse from many
horrified people.

"How disgusting and cruel to do this to your
beautiful Sphynx,” one wrote.

A second Instgrammer wrote: "This is definitely
animal abuse. I genuinely hope this poor cat is
taken from you."

Ukraine police spokesperson Natalia Chovpylo told
The Mirror Ms Ivanickaya would face animal cruelty
charges only if authorities establish that the animal
was tortured.

The incident comes a year after a Brazilian
tattooist was accused of animal cruelty when he
shared photos on social media of his bull terrier's
face covered in tattoos.

The pet owner claimed he inked his dog to prevent
it from getting cancer, which is a myth that has
been busted by veterinarians.

-Culled from YahooNews