Man tattooing cat sparks outrage

A Russian man sparked outrage from animal lovers buy posting a video online of his cat receiving a tattoo to match his own.

Timur Rimut filmed himself and another man inking the hairless sphinx with a necklace design identical to the tattoo on his chest.

The 24-year-old also branded the animal with the Latin inscription Carpe Diem, meaning ‘sieze the day’.

The helpless animal is shown being sedated before she is permanently marked by her owner, who then brazenly posed for portraits showing off the matching tattoos.

The video of the stunt, was posted on YouTube where animal rights activists have slammed the owner’s actions.

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