And suddenly everyone is a cat expert - Is the cat going up or down?

And suddenly everyone is a cat expert at the question "Is the cat going up or down?" You will definitely find many reasons to believe that the cat is going both ways, but one thing is sure - if the photo isn't a photoshop, then the cat is going one way. See the photo in here

"Captain here. The cat is going up, the tail is used to balance the body of the cat and in this case the tail is elevated upwards so that when the cat uses its rear legs to push up it pushes parallel to the line on which gravity is working on the tail to stabilize itself, the tail is not perfectly in line with the line on which gravity is acting in the photo due to the movement to stabilize the body."

"Not only that about the stairs, also look at the left as you see the picture. You can see that rectangles following the stairs. If cat was going up, that means that these are not line perfectly with the stairs. Going down tho, they are placed perfectly with the stairs. I dunno if i could explain it correctly in English but that is how the architecture of stairs are 99% of the times."

"Doesn't matter, this cat is going places, thats for sure."