People upset by Stoke-on-Trent bar's name are 'snowflakes' - owner

People upset by bar's name are 'snowflakes' - owner A bar has defended its new name after it was branded "disgusting" by people on social media. Bloom, in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, recently changed to The Strangled Cat as part of a refurbishment. But people on Facebook accused the bar of promoting animal abuse and isolating cat or animal lovers. Responding to the criticism, Ryan Fanthorpe, director of Breakthrough Bars, which owns the venue, said the name was not offensive and that it was a reference to karaoke. He thought people were...