Hello! For anyone in the tag from Strange Æons Video on Vulture Culture, I’d like to just make a quick post about our community for anyone new here:
People who are in the “Vulture Culture” community are interested in collecting bones and other osteological specimens for various reasons. Some people collect things because they’re fascinated with anatomy, osteology and how the body works, and other people collect things for spiritual reasons.
Although a lot of people in the community only collect animals that died in nature or pick up roadkill, but there are also Vultures who hunt and trap animals to feed their families, control the population of certain animals (like deer), etc or even if they themselves don’t hunt, they might buy things from hunters or trappers.
The majority of people (from what I’ve seen) only collect animal remains, not humans. Also, in the majority of states it’s completely legal to own human remains.
If you’re going to start collecting things, you need to look up your local laws before picking up or processing anything. For example, in the USA, all native species of birds are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and it’s completely to own any part of them including bones, feathers, eggshells or nests.
Some people in the community (like me) own parts of domesticated animals (cats, dogs, etc) but they either buy them from a reputable source, process their deceased pets after their death, find them in the wilderness, or process roadkill. It’s pretty much an unspoken community rule that if you’re processing roadkill, you NEED to look for an owner and hold the animal for a month or more in case an owner comes forward. If someone was ever found out to be grave robbing or killing pets, whoever was doing that would most likely immediately get reported to the police.
People in this community care about the animals that collect. For us, processing, cleaning and collecting bones, pelts, etc is a way to honor and show respect to the animal, and learn from them.
Also, multiple therapists that I’ve talked to are 100% supportive of my hobby and have no concerns or issues with it, so don’t even start with the “YoU’rE tHe NeXt JeFfReY dAhMeR!1!!1″ bullshit. If working with animal remains made someone a serial killer then museums, zoos, farmers, etc wouldn’t exist because they would all be in jail. I’ve been in this community for years and not once have I ever seen someone talk about wanting to murder another human being or torture animals.
Other members of the community who see this, feel free to add more, and for anyone reading, welcome to the community! And if you don’t want to join, thanks for stopping by anyways to say hello!
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