There is a "breed" of cats called munchkins. Someone thought it would be brilliant to breed cats born with this birth defect and create a whole new breed. Some cat fancier organizations will not recognize munchkins as a legitimate breed -- for good reason. Dwarfed cats like munchkins suffer from a host of afflictions that shorten their life span. Deliberately breeding dwarfed cats is viewed as cruelty.
@Applewood I am personally very pissed-off right now about another form of cruelty. There were 3 Mallards living along the bank on the road I pass over every day to go anywhere. Started as two,a drank and a hen,but last week another hen joined them. Beautiful and harmless creatures,they were practically tame. People would fish along the banks near them,and they wouldn't even bother to fly away.
No harm to anything in the world other than insects,yet when I left the house yesterday the drake was lying dead right square in the middle of one lane of the road. Some SOB purposely swerved over the yellow line in order to run over that duck. No reason to do it,other than he just wanted to kill something to be killing it. Seeing him and his hen used to bring a smile to my face at least twice a day as I left home and came back,and now even the hens have gone.
I would really like to find out who that was and have some works with him. Yes,I know these were wild ducks,not pets. I don't care. Someone who will purposely do something like that would also purposely run over a human if they thought they could get away with it,and I happen to like Mallards more than I like humans.