Pickles by Brian Crane for February 08, 2015

I’m not liking the idea with the cat whiskers NOR Earl’s mustache.

How do you press and pull the whisker against a scissor without hurting the cat? I wonder how many cats will suffer as a result of this strip. Retraction needed.

I was thinking it would hurt also :(

PLEASE don’t try this at home, kids!.I do wonder if the cat would react as they do when you give them a bath.

Cats and scissors? Mr. Boots, I think you are correct that Mr. Darwin could have a very busy day.

Animal cruelty————-not funny.

Go to the bottom of the page and click on the contact button to send a message that suggested cruelty to animals is not funny—-I just did.

Never, ever would I try that on any cat!! And by the by, I know my Trixie would put me in ICU at the hospital right up the street.

Run! Earl RUN!!!

Opal, that’s cat abuse! She could get stuck in a drainpipe!

No wonder Muffin looks ticked off!

Wow. That’s almost as cute as docking a dog’s ears and tail.

It looks like ’ The Cats Meow ’.

Get help idiot people!

I’m hoping kids don’t read Pickles.

I’m sure it’s something that even if succeeded once would wear thin in the repeating and so would be a short-lived phase.

It turns out, cat’s whiskers are an essential sensory mechanism. Damage a cat’s whiskers and it will cause them not only discomfort, but also to become confused and disorientated, among other negative side effects… I usually really enjoy “Pickles” but this particular strip was NOT COOL!

This is stupid and cruel. Cats use their whiskers for many reasons and should not be cut, curled, etc.

Please, no one actually do this!!! Omg…..

don’t try this folks… your cat will hate you. oh, wait, your cat already hates you.

My cat has one whisker that curls all by itself. I would never dream of trying to make the rest match. Cruel to him and just plain dumb.

I can almost see a lightbulb on top of Opal’s head in the 7th panel.xxx

Normally Pickles is one of my favorite strips and very funny. This Sundays strip suggesting that it’s ok to apply scissors to a cats whiskers in any manner is approving animal cruelty! Shame on Brian Crane for doing this and on Go Comics for publishing it.

Brian Crane,,,shame on you. I’ve been following your "cartoon strip for some time, This is not cartoon material. It is not funny at all…Please, no more dumb stuff like this…

This strip is very wrong and irresponsible. Without their tactile hairs, cats become very disoriented and frightened. In short, whiskers enable cats to gauge and make sense of their environment. Whiskers do grow back, but cats need their whiskers to remain intact in the same way you and I need our touch senses to get around. That is, cats use their whiskers in the same way that we use the touch receptors in our finger tips to feel our way around in the darkness, and to alert us to potentially painful situations.

Muffin looks pissed… and I don’t blame her one bit.

I saw this strip in my newspaper this morning and was instantly angry. This gives kids ideas and they sure don’t need any new ones. I wonder how many eye and other injuries will result from this.

I skipped the last several comments, my apologies if covered already— Why has no one said anything about spouse abuse, it goes both ways. That being said, I actually thought this was a funny strip, and am saving it to my computer. I guess my earlier comment was a little heavy-handed. Perhaps I should lighten up a little. and remember this is just a comic.

I agree with puddymom…actually..someone like you needs to be locked up & throw away the key…i found todays strip very disturbing also..i am an animal lover too….i really enjoy this strip..a lot..but todays was quite disturbing…& i hope & pray that cat lovers take give extra love to them from now on..

@Jeff0811

" Why has no one said anything about spouse abuse, it goes both ways. ".Ahem:@DavidHuieGreen@ShadowBeastMost don’t care what she does to her belovedhubby, but NOT THE CAT!.That said and remembering when Arlo noted that if their sizes were reversed, Ludwig would eat Arlo.YES, IT WAS FUNNY EVERYBODY

Okay, I’m no animal rights activist and I particularly don’t like cats. However, scissor-curling a cats whiskers sounds like excessively cruel treatment. How could am self-respecting pet owner by so cruel to their cat?