#connection to your surroundings/community/local ecosystem is essential to mental health and nobody can convince me otherwise

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

I just learned in the notes for this post (content warning for mention of animal injuries) that a lot of animal shelters have catch, spay/neuter, and release programs and even offer traps to be taken & set up around your residence so you can snatch yourself a kitty and take it in to be fixed

This is suuuch a great thing because even though the thought of trapping/forcing medical procedures on any animal breaks my stupid feeble little heart, the idea of what might happen to all those little baby feral kittens out on the mean streets of (insert your town here) is a million times more heartbreaking. Not to mention!! the fact that my (or anyone else’s) feelings about the matter are pretty dang insignificant in the bigger picture, which is that feral domesticated animals can be extremely detrimental to local ecosystems and to the animals themselves. I could go on and on about this but I’ll save that for a different post.

In conclusion I highly encourage everyone to look into it and participate if you are realistically able!! And even if you’re unable or it’s just not available (or relevant) where you live, I still encourage you to spread this information both online and irl <3