I'm a huge supporter of natural selection. That lady slapping and pushing the big kitty out of the way is her poking at natural selection. With that being said, that actually looked like a good time. I wouldn't say that anyone was poking the cats with the sticks, but I found all the comments below the video amusing on how they were calling that "animal abuse". If anything, it looked like everyone (kitty cats included) were having a good time.