Celebrities are criticised for dressing up their cats - as craze is said to cause felines distress
Celebrities are criticised for dressing up their cats - as craze is said to cause felines distress
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Even by feline standards, Jennifer Garner’s cat looks distinctly unamused. But it is hardly surprising, given that Moose has been dressed up with a blonde wig, sparkly outfit and pink guitar to look like Dolly Parton. Nor is it the first time that the Hollywood star’s grey-and-white longhair has found himself in a costume.
![[Kate Beckinsale with her cat dressed up in a fluffy pink jumper]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/00/94541797-14327911-Kate_Beckinsale_with_her_cat_dressed_up_in_a_fluffy_pink_jumper-m-7_1737937062492.jpg)
Before Christmas, he appeared on Instagram looking downcast in a festive tartan cap, with Jennifer, 52, writing: ‘I promise he loves me.’. She is far from the only celebrity to dress up her cat for social media – actress Kate Beckinsale and 12 Years A Slave star Lupita Nyong’o have both done much the same with their cats recently.
![[Lupita Nyong'o wearing matching pyjamas with her cat]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/00/94541799-14327911-Lupita_Nyong_o_wearing_matching_pyjamas_with_her_cat-a-4_1737937042627.jpg)
But leading feline charity Cats Protection has now stepped in to criticise the cruel celebrity trend, which it says leaves the animals ‘distressed’ and may be fuelling a rise in the number of people choosing to dress up their own animals. The charity’s social media team says it has noticed a significant uptick in the number of people emulating celebrities by posting images of their cats in outfits – and is urging others not to ‘like’ such pictures so the trend is not encouraged further.
![[Jennifer Garner's cat Moose dressed up with a blonde wig, sparkly outfit and pink guitar to look like Dolly Parton]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/27/00/94541801-14327911-Jennifer_Garner_s_cat_Moose_dressed_up_with_a_blonde_wig_sparkly-a-6_1737937042628.jpg)
Nicky Trevorrow, a cat behaviour expert at Cats Protection, said: ‘We are worried that celebrities who dress up their cats make it look fun and glamorous and normalise it so that others will do the same. ‘Cats don’t understand why they are being forced into outfits which are not easy to get on, which can be heavy, hot and itchy, and have distressingly loud velcro fastenings or zips and buttons.
