People want their pets to be more healthy and live longer, this is a hate crime according to r/MaintenancePhase

Can't believe nobody has mentioned the social media trend of very fat pets getting so much positive attention.

Chonkers.

Oh lawd he comin.

ROUND.

Etc. It's something people love to see, which absolutely means some will aim for it on top of those not trying to avoid it, yet it is unequivocally bad for the animals. Of course there's a backlash.

Animals aren't people. Just because you think it's the same thing doesn't make it so.

ETA: somebody said I'm imagining that the "oh lawd he comin" cat is fat and then blocked me so I can't reply. I challenge you to google image search "oh lawd he comin" and see how that phrase is always used, including merch. Animals aren't people. The way people talk about and praise/share animals is not the same as people. You guys can downmarsey me all you like but it's still true.

It probably hasn't been mentioned because nobody believes "glorifying obesity" is a good faith argument.