#helping animals

[rinsssi]

China's lack of animal protection laws is a huge problem that needs to be addressed.Surely the meme with the cat Fresh is well known to many. But what is behind this meme is not so common. Cat houses supplied by the application Hello Street cat It has become a trap for many cats. Flayers exterminate cats from there. The said Mr. Fresh has been hunted for a reward. Cat houses need to be secured at a minimum. Install special doors just for cats. Attackers should not enjoy the suffering of animals. If you know little about these cases, I will tell you in more detail. Please let's join forces and try to save innocent lives

[virtie333]

Oh, my goodness! This came up on my Facebook memories for two years ago today, and boy do I remember that day! Talk about an adrenaline rush!

Well, I had quite the animal adventure this morning. I was heading to the barn to do chores as I do every morning, when I saw an animal crossing the road in front of me on Valley Drive not too far before my turn. I slowed and took note that it was a skunk, not an unusual thing; I see them quite often that early in the morning. But then he suddenly turned back, then swerved again, then again. Something was obviously wrong with him. I slowed even more and as I got close I realized the poor thing had a cup stuck on his head!!! Well, I couldn't just leave it like that! So I parked far enough away to keep him in my headlights, then got out and approached, knowing he couldn't see me or smell me and maybe not even hear me (but I still talked to him, because that's what I do). I moved fast, running in to grab the cup (a McDonald's one for anyone interested) and pulled. It was stuck on so tight I lifted the poor guy off the ground, his front feet flailing. Finally, it popped off. I moved back quickly in case he turned to spray, but he just paused for a brief startled moment, then took off for the ditch.

[evildeadfan102]

#5daygamers19 is live -

We are raising money for Together For Animals. Click here to find out info - https://togetherforanimals.org.uk/

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Go here to see the schedule -

We'll be live for 5 days at least, maybe 6.

Thank you to anyone donates and watches our event.

[number1spongebobfan]

One day, Skarloey the gallant old engine was huffing and puffing until he saw an injured dove that fell from a tree. It was limping and twitching drastically.

"Oh nooo!" cried Skarloey. "That poor dove. I must save her."

Skarloey scooped up the little bird into his gloves. He didn't have to worry about catching disease; he was a machine.

First, he made a mudpie that attracted yummy earthworms. Skarloey handfed the dove her earthworms. She was well-fed and less skinny now.

Then, he transported the dove to a lake by the woods. Skarloey washed the dove's feathers with the lake's water, until it wasn't dirty anymore.

"They call me a 'lake by the woods', dove," chuffed Skarloey. "That's what my name means in Welsh."

Finally, he opened his emergency kit and bandaged the dove's wing. "You are all better now," Skarloey told the dove.

Skarloey waited a while for his new friend to heal. He carefully removed the bandage. But something wasn't right - the bird was not moving.

"What is wrong, my little dove?" Skarloey asked. "Why won't you fly?"

She did not open an eye. Skarloey realized. His bird died.

Skarloey shed tears from his eyes. "What have I done?" he cried. "I - I killed her!"

Rheneas wanted to say hi to Skarloey, but he saw that his brother was very upset. "Oh dear," peeped Rheneas. "That doesn't look good."

Rheneas rubbed Skarloey's back. "She was an animal Skarloey," Rheneas said. "Animals die. It's part of life."

"I-I know . . ."

"She's a bird Skarloey. The Holy Spirit is a bird. She will fly Skarloey. She's in Heaven."

That made Skarloey feel a little better.

Rheneas and Skarloey dug the dove into the earth. They put beautiful flowers on her resting-place. Rheneas ensured Skarloey that it wasn't his fault, that he was just trying to help.

Skarloey learnt to cherish the memories of his bird. He knew she was in Heaven now, and that was where she was most happy.

[oatmealspet]

Over 800 TAG members marched on Netflix & delivered a petition demanding the AMPTP keep #animation jobs #union, agree to AI protections & more. Show the AMPTP that you #standwithanimation. Sign your name next to the people that make the shows you love.

[merrigel]

Everybody do the wenis!

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[bug-s0da]

blehhh...

i made an aa/lawyersona of @snapscube :3 we all know and love the lawyer+silly girl duos of ace attorney but it's about time the silly girl became the lawyer

[thesharkandthesnout]

A Pangolin reacts happily to a human grooming it in places it could not reach or take care of it by itself. There are many benefits to humans having opposable thumbs. 

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[why-animals-do-the-thing]

The Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository is live!

You can find it at: https://www.animal-photo-references.com!

Here's how this repository works: all photos were taken by me, a human, at zoos, aquariums, sanctuaries, and other facilities with animals in human care. There is no AI involved in the photo editing or creation and there never will be. Right now there's 56 species on the site; my catalog has over 300 and I will be uploading the rest of them as fast as I can.

Artists creating derivative or transformative works (without AI) have blanket permission to use these references. Yes, even for work you're going to sell.

All other usage/reproduction requires permission, but assume I'm friendly and please do ask! That's educators, researchers, the media, people who need images for a school presentation, etc. This is just to retain copyright/control in case they're scraped/reused unethically - it doesn't meant I don't want folk to have access! So please do reach out via the contact form on the repository website, I don't bite and I'm most likely going to say yes.

Please don't repost the repository photos to your own blogs: I've created @animalphotorefs as a dedicated blog to share photos from the site, and of course I'll reblog a lot of it here! That again just helps with retaining copyright and sourcing of the images. If you really want to repost some for a specific purpose, please just ask me first!

Also, folks, this project has no funding. It's just me and my camera.

There will never be a paywall on the site - I believe resources like this absolutely must be free for everyone to access. So please, please, please support the repository if you use it. Want sneak peeks at photos, cute videos I take, or to help choose what I photograph and what gets posted first? You can do that through Patreon (and there's a free trial on the most interactive tier!) If you'd like to just drop a tip, I've also set up a Ko-Fi.

I can't wait to hear what everyone thinks of the repository.

To whet your thirst for cute photos, here's an Indian rhinoceros contemplating a goose.

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[canisalbus]

✦ Bread ✦

[serioussideblog]

You need to look for information about animals from multiple sources, make sure to put your own biases aside, ask questions, and check the sources you find to make sure that they make sense.

My first experience with PETA was reading one of their pamphlets as a kid (sometime between the ages of 7 and 10). And while some of the things that they said in the pamphlet made sense, other things didn’t. For example, the pamphlet talked about cruelty in puppy mills, which I already knew about. But it also talked about wool farms, and my mom had already told me about how they get the wool and the potential consequences of not shearing a sheep, and what the pamphlet described was not at all how any of it works! So I knew that everything should be, at the very least, taken with a grain of salt. Of course, this was when I was very little and I didn’t know the true depth of crap that PETA does, but it was a good exercise in critical thinking skills for Little Me.

Part of respecting animals is understanding that they are different from us and from each other. You should know better than to try to care for a hamster the same way you care for a fish (and if you don’t know, now you know.) So it’s important to apply the rules for one animal to that animal, and if you don’t know what the rules are, look it up online or in a book (or both!) Don’t try to guess the rules for how an animal works based on a completely different animal, especially if you’re in charge of caring for animals, or if you’re talking to someone who is. Your dog is not an elephant. Nor is your dog a wolf. Yes, dogs are descended from wolves, and have some things in common with wolves, but dogs and wolves are different, often very different. Rats are not just big mice. Opposums are not just big rats. (Actually, an opposum is a marsupial, whereas rats and mice are rodents.) Basically, different animals are different.

You are not a monkey. Yes, we are related to monkeys, and there are many similarities between humans and monkeys, but there are also differences, often important ones. What you want and what a monkey wants may sometimes be the same, but it’s often very different. If a monkey tried to do some of the things we do, they would get hurt. If we tried to do some of the things monkeys can do, we would get hurt. That’s because humans are built differently from monkeys. And while some of the things humans do to monkeys truly are cruel, it’s important to know that some monkeys need to be in zoos. As long as the zoo is a good zoo, the monkeys there should be fine. Bad zoos should be shut down, and the animals should be rescued from there, and perhaps placed in a good zoo. Do your research on which zoos are good and which are bad. But remember to check your sources and think critically if you see something that doesn’t make sense.

Finally, the rules for how fictional animals work and how real animals work are often different. Now, this may seem obvious to some people, but even so, there is a lot to consider. Your favorite animal characters may have some things in common with their real-life counterparts, but there are bound to be important differences. For example, I like Sonic the Hedgehog. I know that Sonic is bigger than a real hedgehog, and a real hedgehog can’t deal with the kind of situations Sonic tends to find himself in. Also, real hedgehogs can’t eat chili dogs, are not blue, and don’t run at the speed of sound. But they do ball themselves up to protect themselves and their quills are a good self-defense system. So there is that. Actually, learning the similarities and differences between animal characters and their real-life counterparts can enhance your experience and enjoyment of both, in addition to the (less fun but more important) benefit to your knowledge of how animals actually work in the real world and why you shouldn’t try to apply the rules of fiction to reality. The rules can be very different.

Learn about animals. Guessing how animals work is not good enough. Learn how they work. Animals are very cool, and learning about animals can help you help them. Animals of many species are struggling right now, and it’s important to know what we should be doing to help them. Part of that is learning not only about similarities between humans and animals, but the differences, too. Another part of that is learning the differences between different types of animals. And yet another part is critical thinking about sources related to animals, and about our own understanding of animals. There’s a lot to learn, but if you don’t know something, don’t try to fill in the blanks with guesses. If your guesses are incorrect, the effects can be devastating.

honestly people are way more ignorant about the welfare of the animals than they think they are

animal rights activists are even worse regarding that, because instead of actually learning about what an animal needs and how it behaves they rely solely on how they *think* animals feel and need

and it's the reason why the public views feeding and interacting with wild animals as "being good and kindhearted :) " and keeping animals in zoos as "poor animals suffering in cramped cages >:( "

and it kills animals

[nooling]

LOOK I JUST REALLY ENJOY THEIR FRIENDSHIP OK?? You can't tell me they wouldn't hang after their respective personal quests (spawn ending ofc)/emotional breakdowns over their own mortality

EDIT: I forgot to watermark these so now more than ever PLEASE don't repost

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[owldart]

New Miku trend?? Sign me UP

People are drawing Hatsune Miku in some of their culture's most iconic looks and I couldn't resist drawing Tlingit miku!!