Target: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew
Goal: Ban TikTok clips that show animal cruelty and report potential abusers to authorities.
Disturbing videos of what appear to be owners abusing their pets have been popping up on TikTok. It is important that they are permanently banned, and that such behavior is immediately reported to authorities so that the actions of potential animal abusers can be investigated.
One video reportedly shows a woman slapping her cat in the face while the animal displays clear signs of distress. Another video appears to show a famous sports player named Kurt Zouma harshly kicking his cat. A separate clip appears to show an animal clearly crying in pain with entire pieces of cheese stuck to their paws. Other owners have been accused of wearing cat masks to try and scare their pets, which could result in the animal having a heart attack. Some owners are also allegedly using tape to confuse their animals into thinking they are going to run into a barrier, resulting in pets losing their balance and uncontrollably flying across the room.
Although TikTok has been made aware of the issue, it was reported that they only took down a couple of these allegedly cruel clips. Sign this petition to demand the company permanently ban all such videos and to further insist any such aberrant behavior be promptly reported to the appropriate authorities.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear CEO Shou Zi Chew,
Many videos that appear to show owners acting abusively toward their animals have been viewed on your platform. All such videos need to be taken down, and any clips where animal cruelty is suspected need to be reported to police so that no pets will have to deal with inexcusable acts of cruelty.
Viewers reported watching a woman violently slap her cat in one clip and another well-known soccer player seemingly fiercely kicking his cat in another video. Some people are allegedly putting on cat masks to frighten their pets. Other owners have been accused of creating fake barricades with tape, causing the animals to try and instinctively avoid them by using clumsy and unpredictable body movements. Experts claim that tactics used to purposely scare animals can lead to them having psychological trauma and sometimes even be a cause of death.
While it is good news that you have taken down a couple of clips that show this alleged abuse, all such videos should be removed from TikTok. For these reasons, I demand you take down all videos that appear to show violent behavior toward pets and that you also quickly report any alleged animal abuse to authorities to hopefully keep these innocent creatures from experiencing more unfounded cruelty.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo Credit: Jineshpanchal
it’s not just banning the videos, we need to stop those people from harming animals
Attempted murder should be punished by DEATH!!
TIK TOK IS THAT A PROGRAMME FOR CHILDREN???? WELL DONE??? CLOSE IT FOREVER.
Amen!!
Tik tok Never used it. Never will. What a bunch of creeps they are just as bad as the abusers. The people doing the abusing should be arrested and thrown in jail. I am sick to death of animal abuse now tik tok is exploiting this what a bunch of jerks they should be thrown in jail as well enough is enough.
DISGUSTING, EVIL MORONS MUST ALL BE STOPPED AND PUNISHED FOR SUCH WICKED ACTIONS….EVERYONE OF THEM. AS FOR TIK TOK, YOU ARE SHAMEFUL AS THE THINGS YOU ALLOW TO BE SHOWN. PATHETIC AND SHAME ON ALL OF YOU. YOUR KARMA WILL, MOST DEFINITELY FIND YOU. ITS YOURS, YOU MADE IT. YOU ALL REVOLT AND DISGUST ME AND MILLIONS OF OTHERS.
This has gone on long enough. It’s time we stop these videos and arrests the sick people that are torturing these innocent animals!!
This is DEFINITELY DISGUSTING & UNFORGIVABLE! These POS OWNER’S/CARETAKERS need to be Responsible for this HORRIFIC BEHAVIOR! IT NEEDS TO STOP!! NOW! 😡 What kind of POS EVIL 👿 WOULD/COULD even watch something so MEAN,HATEFUL,HEARTLESS to INNOCENT ANIMAL’S! 🤬😡 They need to pay to the MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT! So this EVIL HORRIFIC BEHAVIOR & TREATMENT to FAMILY fur Babie’s/ANIMAL’S STOPS! SMH I CAN’T IMAGINE watching ANYTHING so HORRIBLE! 😪😪
I LOVE & RESPECT ALL ANIMAL’S! 🤗😘🧡🙏😇
Why doesn’t this business listen to the people that are complaining about all these horrible horrible senseless videos?!?!?! People that make these snd people that watch them are mentally disturbed sick individuals!!
Does that make the people that run Tic Toc the same for allowing it on their platform??
Stop allowing this!!
TIK TOK IS A CHINESE SPY APP THAT COLLECTS YOUR PERSONAL DATA WHEN USED. EBD THIS ACT OF ANIMAL ABUSE AND CRUELTY. THE CHINESE HAVE NO REGARD FOR HUMANITY OR ANIMAL RIGHTS. PROSECUTE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMITTING SUCH HORRIBLE ACTS UPON INNOCENT ANIMALS.
you tube wasn’t bad enough now we have another retard platform from our friends in communist china that allows sick and depraved morons to show the world what giant assholes they are, but don’t forget. these assholes wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for the assholes watching them. social media could have been a great learning tool but like everything else humans get their hands on it is used to destroy and because of how it’s used has become a cancer to society. totally destroyed many lives!