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It appears that you and the rest of 4chan are looking and the picture and going "oh god that poor cat is deformed and crippled" without doing any research as to how the cats actually act physically and mentally.
Munchkin type cats are only slightly limited in their jumping abilities, in that they have no issues jumping on to furniture, but probably couldn't make it to your kitchen counter or other really high perches that some cats can reach. Similarly, because of their cobby bodies, Persian cats also have similar jumping abilities. They do not experience the back issues that short legged dogs do, do to the cats' extremely flexible spine. Unlike the genes that cause dwarfism in people, this appears to only affect the length in their legs, and everything else is relatively normal and proportionate. There have been reports of Lordosis, an excessive dip in the spine behind the shoulders, that is genetic, but is somewhat rare and also occurs in other, normal leg, cat breeds. By all accounts they are normal cats, albeit with short legs. This is no different then breeding for short faces, long or curly coats, or bob-tails in other breeds.
tl;dr researh LOL
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