The woman who started the petition spoke to the Tribune on the condition of anonymity, citing safety concerns. She lives in California and was surfing the internet looking for cat videos in early 2017 when she came across something on YouTube called "Pitbull Jack Russel terrier mix VS Cat." She clicked the link, thinking it would show the two animals playing, and was horrified to see a dog ripping apart a cat. The woman said she found more videos of this nature posted by the same user.