I recently watched a documentary about ancient Egypt which stated that anyone who killed a cat was beaten in the streets, which I found bizarrely acceptable.
A friend adopted 2 cats from Egypt or a neighboring country I’m not certain but it was illegal there for them to euthanize cats but student doctors would perform surgery on them and then release them back outside so they would die. After over $10k cad in testing she found out her 2 cats had their intestines cut into 2” segments and sewn together for suture practice. They were only kittens at the time and last we spoke they were about 5yrs old and she had to consider euthanasia because despite feeding them a ridiculously expensive diet they couldn’t tolerate food. Honestly seeing images like this post reminds me how Ukrainian I am. My whole Ukrainian side absolutely adores cats and would go above and beyond for them.