Comments on: Incredible Acrobatic Cats at the Circus in Perm Russia

By: duddits

duddits — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:59:31 +0000

#30 JVRudnick

I have heard of that guy and a youtube or google search will return video I bet.

That video is cute. My cats are trained. Not so much for tricks but to sit, stay, stop (Has the side effect of cat sitting. Must be a cat thing.) and fun fetch.
duddits (aka fairuse, duddits-fairuse)

By: brendal

brendal — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:43:18 +0000

I’d much rather see a boat sinking in Amsterdam on Queens’ Day (ahem!!)… ;0)

By: Rick's Cafe

Rick's Cafe — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:32:13 +0000

It never ends, the suffering Russian Aristocrats have to endure.

Someday, with hope (and your donations) cats in Russia will be able to afford the quality staff that cats through out the rest of the world enjoy.

Ya know, staff who won’t bother the aristo’cats’ with all this common, dog like drivel of doing tricks.

By: Day Walters

Day Walters — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:45:37 +0000

I’m no cat lover, but this was pretty good training (until the obviously gimmicked fire trick). But, did no one listen to the music? “The Caissons Go Rolling Along,” “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” “Shortnin’ Bread,” The Sailors Hornpipe,” and the William Tell “Overture,” to name a few international selections from the Russian Band. By coincidence, saw the State Circus in Moscow just last month; excellent acts and we were seated right next to the band, half way up the amphitheater. No cats,or bears; but horses, and lions and tigers, “oh my.”

By: Alfred1

Alfred1 — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:58:45 +0000

Amazing…I wonder how the cats were trained…it would be a nice reversal…I could stop responding to her every beck and call.

By: Ho-Lip Tex

Ho-Lip Tex — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:29:23 +0000

# 11 Zybch:

I tried to do that fire-stick thing with my cat, and after the bandages came off I look like Freddy Krueger.

FTFY

By: Chocolim

Chocolim — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:57:01 +0000

Shot that kid playing with the chair, please shot him

By: ossobuco

ossobuco — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:15:01 +0000

The final trick with the twirling fire stick was total bullshit. The stick was perfectly level as it was spinning, which should be impossible for an animal using all for limbs with no thumbs.

By: GetSmart

GetSmart — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:16:44 +0000

My cats have trained me well.

By: Fluffy

Fluffy — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:16:24 +0000

Humph. Those cats are a disgrace. No self respecting cat acts like a trained seal or even worse, a dog.

By: Barack McCain

Barack McCain — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:18:34 +0000

Those aren’t cats, they’re “Land Fish”.

By: JVRudnick

JVRudnick — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:48:50 +0000

you know John, I’ve seen this kind of show 25 years ago, in Mallory Square, Key West where everyone goes to watch the sun set into the gulf. buskers there do lots of great skill item and yes, there was a guy there with as I remember, 4 trained cats who did much of this kin of tricks etc. great show AND as I looked down in his busker dish, there were $10s andd $20s from all of use….this guy was GOOD and his cats BETTER! everyone was awed and most of the women there were all saying that they didn’t know one could train a cat to do anything!

Jim

By: RRD

RRD — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:07:40 +0000

I am not a peta lover in the least (hate them in fact). But it is well know in the “Russian” circus they use electric prods etc to train these cats (bears too), absolutely disgusting.

By: Orlando Cat Skinner

Orlando Cat Skinner — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:13:54 +0000

Me Likey!!!

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:59:32 +0000

I was especially impressed by the thunderous applause at the end.