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if only there was some easy, free way to keep your cat from being bitten by a venomous snake. if only there was something the humans could have done. not one, not two, but three times this cat has had to go to the vet because he’s been bitten by a snake, and there’s nothing in the world that could stop this or prevent it from happening. 

“we thought that this could be it for the wandering cat,” says his owner, less than twenty seconds into the video. “we’ll probably pay it again,” she says of the ten thousand dollar price tag that’s come with this animal’s repeated vet care for envenomation by a snake. tragic, that they have no option other than to let their cat go outside by himself.

if only there was some way to keep the cat out of danger. if only there was a way to keep that domesticated animal away from native wildlife. if only there was some way to maybe… i dunno, let him out on some kind of harness device with… supervision? or maybe just play with him indoors? or perhaps build some kind of enclosure- something like a cat patio? no, that’s impossible. far too advanced. this is the only way.

You wouldn’t let a dog free roam. You’d call that abuse. A cat does not need to free roam, that’s archaic and laughable.

They do not need to hunt living things. They can hunt toys, it’s called playing with the cat.

They do not socialize like humans do, most cat-cat interactions outside end in a cat fight. By the way, transmission of FIV is a thing.

You can take a cat exploring on a harness, or just add variety to their safe, enclosed environment.

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we don’t even need to get into fancy breeds here because this pigeon? the common street breed? has probably stolen your sandwich at some point?

FUCKING BEAUTIFUL.

and I’m completely serious. I love how they bounce around and fight the sparrows for fry bits. PIGEONS ARE GOOD AND FUN BIRDS.

-outdoor cats

-exotic pet ownership ((servals, foxes, coyotes, monkeys, etc))

-vegan diets for carnivorous pets 

-obese animals being seen as cute

-”cute” predator/prey interactions ((cats with rodents, snakes with small animals, etc))

-getting pets high 

-intentionally putting animals into uncomfortable situations for the sake of it being funny or cute

-keeping solitary animals in groups

-feeding poor diets bc it’s cheap and you haven’t done any research

-giving your animals no enrichment while expecting them to enrich your own life

-not training your dog

-blaming your animals for doing things that animals just fuckin do

as sort of an exception, my cat was born feral and gets noticeably depressed when forced to stay inside. For the sake of her welfare and quality of life I let her be outside as often as she wants. It might be a different story for born and bred domesticated cats but ones who are feral are going to be out there disrupting wildlife anyway. If you adopt a feral kitten I just feel it’s the right thing to make her life good while she’s alive

Nope. No exceptions! There are plenty of people who have cats that lived only outdoors and have adjusted to being indoor cats, it’s likely you’re not providing your cat with the stimulation it needs to be content inside.

If your cat insists on going outside still, then there are plenty ways to do so that don’t involve just throwing your cat out to free-roam and being an irresponsible and lazy pet owner. 

You can secure your yard and make it cat escape proof, or build an outdoor cat enclosure, or you can easily leash train your cat and take it for walks.

Insisting your cat is an exception and that free-roaming is good for it, is incorrect and you are putting the life of your cat in danger, as well as the environment, other people and other pets. 

Please tell me there’s a sequel where that happens.

I want more women to feel empowered to do this.

Scars from breast cancer can be both hard to hide and embarrassing for some women. I wish they weren’t, because scars mean you’re a fighter and a bad ass.

Women have told me after their mastectomy they felt self conscious about someone seeing their chest. My grandmother wore her false breast (she had only one boob removed) around even the house for a long time. (Of course, now when we were taking about the procedure she asked “want to see my boob?” And had to go fetch it from the other room. It was an interesting conversation to say the least.)

Anyway, breast reconstruction can be expensive, and some women either don’t want it or can’t have it done for various reasons.

But you know what, chest tattoos are easily accessible. There are even tattoo shops that give discounts to women covering up breast cancer scars. And women who no longer have a nipple? You can get a bad ass tattoo

Check out

Their site starts like this:

They host pink day:

Check out some of the work on their site:

You can donate to the organization, or if you know a tattoo artist you can let them know they accept volunteers to be a part of their community of artists.

Here is another badass lady and her bad ass tattoo (found on pinterest)

These are cancer survivors reclaiming their bodies.

Banning all “female presenting” nipples ignores a commuity of women who are total bad asses who said “fuck you” to their cancer scars and turned them into art.

Not every image of a female nipple should be sexualized. This is not porn, this is courage and strength.

Are the new regulations going to delete this post. Does a post supporting a cancer survivors violate Tumblr’s community guidelines?

So women reclaiming their bodies after breast cancer is “sensitive content” and should be hidden from minors.