What happened at the Wuxi coffee cat cafe?

On October 28, at a cat cafe in Wuxi, Jiangsu, a father kicked a cat down the stairs after it frightened his child. Surveillance video showed the cat climbing normally with no aggressive behavior. The owner sent the cat to a veterinary hospital; the doctor found no fractures and no bleeding points so far, though small ones could not be ruled out.

The owner did not call police in time and, fearing retaliation, chose not to pursue the matter. Online commenters questioned why a child afraid of cats would be brought to a cat cafe, and the case renewed debate over whether such venues should admit children. It also highlights the real dilemmas of animal protection and merchants' rights within coffee cat coffee culture.

On October 28, a distressing scene unfolded at a cat café in Wuxi, Jiangsu: a father, startled that a cat had frightened his child, kicked the cat down a staircase. After surveillance footage was exposed, netizens were furious and offered the owner advice on how to pursue accountability. However, because the owner did not call the police in time and feared retaliation afterward, they ultimately chose not to pursue the matter further. This incident has once again sparked discussion about whether cat cafés should admit children, and it also reflects the real dilemmas of animal protection and the safeguarding of merchants' rights.

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On October 28, at a cat café in Wuxi, Jiangsu, a shocking scene occurred: a parent actually kicked a cat flying because the cat had frightened their child?

Surveillance footage released by the owner shows a cat climbing up the stairs toward the second floor when a man standing at the top of the staircase suddenly raised his foot and kicked it down.

According to the cat café's account, three children entered the shop on their own that day and hid in the restroom. After staff asked what was going on, the children called their father to come pick them up. While they were waiting, the cat tried to go upstairs, but was kicked down the stairs by the father when he arrived. The shop said the father believed the cat had scared the child into crying and even questioned the staff about why they had not watched the children properly. Staff explained that at the time all employees were busy downstairs, and the shop operates on a self-service cat-petting model.

After the video was posted, netizens said they found it hard to understand: the cat in the footage was merely going upstairs normally and showed no aggressive behavior. If the child was afraid of cats, why come to a cat café at all? "The cat was just climbing the stairs and didn't do anything, so why be that scared? If you're so afraid of cats, why come to a cat café alone?" "Speechless. If you're afraid, why bring them here? Just leave quickly. Why kick the cat?"

Afterward, the owner sent the cat to a veterinary hospital for examination. The doctor said the cat had no fractures and no bleeding points had been found so far, but it could not be ruled out that any bleeding points were too small to be observed for the time being. According to the doctor, during the examination the cat showed tenderness in the abdomen and still needed continued observation.

Angry netizens offered the owner all kinds of advice, hoping to hold the cat-kicker legally accountable. "You run a cat café, and the cat is your shop's property. He harmed your shop's property without your consent, so he should bear legal responsibility!" "You must claim compensation! Compensate the cat's examination fees!" "You must take legal action and sue them!"

However, the cat café owner said that because they did not call the police immediately at the time, the chances of finding the cat-kicker now were already slim, and out of fear of retaliation in the future, they did not dare pursue it further. "After all, he kicked the cat without even thinking. I'm also afraid there could be cat abuse or poisoning later..."

Some netizens pointed out that this is exactly why many cat cafés refuse to admit children. "Some children don't know their own strength; if a cat gets hurt, it might accidentally bite or scratch them, and then the parents will definitely demand compensation from the shop. Some badly behaved children even abuse cats; the cat gets stressed or is abused to death, and in the end the parents still say: the child is young and doesn't know better, and it wasn't intentional. In the end, the shop is the one that suffers."

The harm has already been done, and the other party cannot be held accountable. It is hoped that cat café owners can learn from this lesson going forward, strengthen protection and constraints in this regard, and reach a friendly consensus with consumers.

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