Trembling Hands

THINK BEFORE YOU BUY POISON!!

I know none of you want to see this but something has to be done! Awareness and education are key!!!

A friend of mine found this great horned owl that had eaten a poisoned rodent and died a slow terrible death.

When you’re setting out poison to kill rats, mice, ect. you’re very well setting poison out to also kill hawks, owls, etc.– basically animals that are “on your side”, helping you to eliminate those rodents.

Poisoned rodents don’t just immediately flop over and die. They’ll slowly stagger around as the poison begins to take effect, making them an easy meal for another animal to grab.

Some people might remember that I’ve posted about this before (the Great Horned owl baby found laying on the ground in April– also found too late to be saved.) This is unfortunately a common tragedy. Many people admire birds of prey, saying how beautiful they are, how they “absolutely love owls”, yet a disturbing amount are unaware that their uneducated/inconsiderate actions are leading to those birds dying an agonizing death as they slowly bleed internally.Someone I know who does wildlife rehabilitation/rescue recently got in a Red-tailed hawk that had consumed poison. They were ultimately unable to treat him, and she wasn’t even in the same room when she heard him gasping and wheezing, dying. For at least 10 years she has treated hundreds, probably thousands of animals and said it was one of the most disturbing things she’s witnessed dealing with wildlife.

if you are cisgender and  arguing with a transgender person about what is or isnt transphobic then you have already lost

if you are white and arguing with a poc about what is or isnt racist then you have already lost

if you are straight and arguing with a queer person about what is or isnt homophobic then you have already lost

1. Posts implying that there is equal pressure to make a dominant choice as there is to make a subversive choice (”we all know it’s OK not to shave BUT DID YOU KNOW IT’S ALRIGHT TO SHAVE???”)

2. Posts implying that if you don’t identify as a feminist you’re a misogynist, completely overlooking the fact that WOC, trans women, disabled women etc. have very good reasons to be wary of feminism

3. Posts implying that feminine female characters in fiction are somehow revolutionary??? What?? Pls bring me to this world where there is apparently proper representation for women who DON’T conform to the cissexist, heteronormative Western constraints of femininity.

4. Posts implying that white, rich cishet female celebrities are the epitome of feminism, because they mentioned the wage gap that one time or something like that.

5. Posts implying that “girl-on-girl hate” is only directed towards feminine girls. Critical thought on feminine things like makeup or dresses is seen as girl hate, but people don’t ever see the hatred of gender non-conforming women as “girl hate”?? And you just KNOW that it is because people assume that girl=feminine, and masculine = not girl.

6. Posts that don’t understand that personal empowerment isn’t the same as furthering the status of a whole group. Posts that don’t understand that what one woman finds “empowering” can actually be harmful to other women, and personal empowerment doesn’t go above everything.

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