They have to forcibly hold them in place. You have to do this with pretty much all artificially inseminated animals.
Rape is not a terrible word to describe forcible penetration.
Rape is not a terrible word to describe forcible penetration.
The fact that your cat needs the medicine just means that the discomfort you are inflicting on your cat is ultimately with its best interest in mind. When we hurt an animal, or even kill one with its best interest in mind, we do it out of compassion.
When we forcibly impregnate an animal repeatedly and then take away it's calf (cows being viviparous animals, this causes them suffering), that is not in their best interest. Their suffering is not benefiting them, it benefits us.