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hi! if you’re seeing this and are concerned, don’t worry im just moving blogs because frankly this one is old and i legitimately havent touched the theme or tags since i made it in 2014

instead of trying to reorganize this clusterfuck, i just remade my blog over at @tinykittendoll where you can refollow me

same content n all that shit i just feel like it’d be easier for me to remake my tumblr than trying to fix this one lmao

see ya

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more ratboy genius?

ahhh man i haven’t drawn anything rbg related in so long maybe i should if yall are interested?

THIS IS MY LAST THING IM GONNA ANSWER ON THIS BLOG and what a thing that is 

pls go follow me at @tinykittendoll if u wanna keep up with me!!

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hi! if you’re seeing this and are concerned, don’t worry im just moving blogs because frankly this one is old and i legitimately havent touched the theme or tags since i made it in 2014

instead of trying to reorganize this clusterfuck, i just remade my blog over at @tinykittendoll where you can refollow me

same content n all that shit i just feel like it’d be easier for me to remake my tumblr than trying to fix this one lmao

see ya

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hi! if you’re seeing this and are concerned, don’t worry im just moving blogs because frankly this one is old and i legitimately havent touched the theme or tags since i made it in 2014

instead of trying to reorganize this clusterfuck, i just remade my blog over at @tinykittendoll where you can refollow me

same content n all that shit i just feel like it’d be easier for me to remake my tumblr than trying to fix this one lmao

see ya

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you best reblog my last reblog. You Better Do It. Lex’s Art Blessed My Whole Life, Saved My Family And Cats From A House Fire, And Cured My Depression

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a girl and her dog

{ please don’t repost my art without asking me, thank you! }

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SLAMS MY HANDS ON MY DESK

I AINT DONE

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Hi Dr. Ferox. I have a question in regard to the ethics of the procedures declawing/ear cropping. A veterinarian I worked with explained to me that she will declaw a cat because she fears that if she does not do it herself, the owner will find a way to have it done, and that way may not be through a licensed veterinarian. Do you think denying people such a "service" may lead to the animal being harmed by unlicensed people attempting to do it themselves? What can be done about this? Thank you.

I seriously hope there isn’t some layperson going around chopping off the last bone of a cat’s toes because a veterinarian declined to do it. If that is happening, both the owner seeking the procedure and the non-veterinarian should be heavily prosecuted for animal cruelty and performing acts of veterinary medicine without a license.

Some vets will reluctantly agree to perform declawing of cats as a last resort because they feel that they understand just how much pain the cat will be in and use a higher quality analgesia protocol than another vet might. They feel that if it’s going to be done somewhere, it might as well be done by them with practiced surgical technique and the best quality pain relief available.

They may also believe that the cat will be rehomed, abandoned or euthanised due to not being declawed, and that therefore performing the procedure effectively saves the cat’s life. I think this belief is false, as the procedure is illegal here in Australia with no difference in the oversupply of cats. If someone is going to surrender their cat, they will do so. If they don’t have the surgical declawing option, which they perceive as an ‘easy’ solution, they are more likely to pursue a better compromise like soft paws or regular nail trimming.

Ear cropping is a little different in that it is a 100% cosmetic procedure with zero medical benefit for the dog. It’s only done for human aesthetics because somewhere along the line dog breeders decided that surgically altering a dog’s ears to the desired shape was easier than breeding them that way. It should be banned and universally condemned. If you want a breed with straight ears, then breed them to have straight ears. No breed should require surgery to ‘look right’.

Cat declawing, dog ear cropping and dog tail cropping are banned in Australia without a specific medical intervention, as it should be. Dog breeds that were traditionally docked and cropped have had no downturn in popularity, no increase in injury, and more and more breed clubs have banned surgically altered dogs from being shown. These are steps in the right direction.

If somebody attempts to dock tails or crop ears at home, they can be prosecuted for animal cruelty and I have had no hesitation in reporting them in the past. When I graduated the ban had only just come into effect, and many old school ‘breed enthusiasts’ were moaning about it. They complained that ‘young vets these days didn’t really understand dogs’ and similar such nonsense. They’ve had to get over it, and dogs get to keep their natural ears and tails as a result. Interestingly, Rottweilers in general seem much more confident with tails.

As veterinarians we are supposed to promote good animal welfare. That’s what started us on this path, right? Most (all?) professional veterinary associations condemn declawing, ear cropping and tail docking.

If we don’t decline to do unnecessary cosmetic surgery, then public opinion will never change, and the demand will never lessen. We owe it to the countless future dogs and cats yet to be born to speak out against these practices. This it why even if they were legal down here, I would personally refuse to do them.

(As a side note, desexing is entirely different. Desexing has a proven medical and social benefit, and is only soft tissue surgery compared to a partial amputation or cutting away cartilage. Far less pain, far more benefits.)

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@ god can you explain to me why i post more art consistently on twitter and get less attention but on the off chance i post 1 thing every 6 months on tumblr it gets like 30-100+ notes instantly i just wanna talk

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i fixed my tablet and i feel alive

this is me

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Milky Cutsew OP by Angelic Pretty

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