She's a Baby!

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday @pepperandpals!!! Here is an excited Pikachu 🎉

Such a flurry of bathing!

He’s ready!!

Young boy crying at his goose (1940) Minnesota Historical Society

My children are so pure

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Golden Eagle by Yurpics http://flic.kr/p/hCH4fM

Benjamin looks curious.

small birds meet big borb

Sometimes I just don’t know you nature.

What are birds?

Animal abuse is still animal abuse, whether it looks ‘cute’ or not

Also the situation awhile ago where people posed for photos and selfies of the dolphin which resulted in it’s death

At first glance, they’re adorable. From a human perspective, that first frog looks like he’s smiling! That second frog is grumpy! But in reality these animals are both under a lot of stress- and not because it’s raining. These are of animals propped up by strings and very often put in refrigerators to make them lethargic. The second frog’s legs are horribly bruised and the first frog’s fingers are posed in a way unnatural to frogs. The mouth is weird, too, suggesting the critter is subject to a series of stressful pressures that have been photoshopped away. Here’s an article about it! This sort of thing happens in the rest of the world, too; here’s an Audubon article about faked “wild”life photos in the States. Large and small animals are subjected to these photographs, which are often fatal; lions, tigers, and wolves for example are bred because the babies are in high demand for commercial photography… but when they grow up they are sold for canned hunts.(More on that here.) Too often do we just see a cute animal photograph and go “aww” and move on, but in reality many of these photographs are decidedly inhumane. From the last article I linked- “ Your attention is a currency, and how you spend it matters. If you engage with content that is produced via animal abuse, then you will contribute to the profitability of that industry. Conversely, if you boycott this content and only engage with reputable sources, then you help to tackle the problem.”

How do we know if the sources are reputable and/or do not commit animal cruelty to get the photos?

Something I found while researching is there is a site called PetaPixel which will sometimes confirm photo stories or speak about the possible ways the photo is manipulated, so they may be an additional resource when researching photos for abuse

Pixel has been enjoying this little bell lately! I never put it in his cage, as I don’t trust that it’s completely bird safe, but he enjoys pushing it about when I hold it for him! 

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