i just bawled my eyes out and it feels like i just got the biggest hug to my soul. thank you thank you thank you. it is sacred and it is SAFE the poster will not tell anyone even what state this is in, only thats this is in USA. even if you are not indigenous i hope this lifts your spirits and comforts you.
Animals that humans hunt – especially those killed by a skilled hunter
– have a much faster death than those that fall victim to nonhuman
predators. Humans generally take much more care to give an instant death than, say, a polar bear does. Death itself isn’t
suffering: it’s the end of suffering, and it’s also a natural part of life.
And though these animals may have a will to live, 30% of Harp seals die of exposure in their first year:
that’s natural selection, and while it’s not pretty, it’s also a force
that drives evolution, and the continued survival of these species. The
DFO quotas are well below 30% of the population: Harp seal populations
are estimated to be around 5.5 Million, and around 70,000 are killed
annually in the Canadian hunt.
You are also misinformed about the age of the animals hunted: hunting of
“baby” harp seals and hooded seals (whitecoats and bluebacks,
respectively) has been illegal in Canada since the 1987. This is information that is freely available from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in Canada.
Predators are a part of the ecology that sustains life on this planet, and humans have a long and storied history fulfilling that role in ecosystems. As far as my morals are concerned, I see no contradiction in my stated ethics and my support of the hunt: suffering and death are inevitabilities of existence, and humans go so far as to have veterinarians extensively study how quickly an animal dies when it is killed for meat or other resources, in order to minimise suffering as much as possible. (See: the work of Temple Grandin)
We don’t live in a futuristic utopia where people – especially people in remote, non-agricultural areas – don’t need to kill other animals to survive, and my support of hunting and fishing rights is directly related to my support of indigenous resistance and sovereignty.
Humans doing what they need to do to survive and thrive isn’t “evil:” it’s only “evil” if natural processes like death and predation are viewed as intrinsically immoral, and humans are viewed as something other than biological organisms, neither is true. The idea of ‘cruelty-free’ or ‘moral’ food and fibre from that perspective is also a fallacy: plants have senses, and 20 field mice are killed for every loaf of bread. Agriculture and monoculture cropping have relentlessly destroyed soil life webs and fragmented habitat. Speaking purely from a utilitarian perspective, ending the life of a cow kills one organism, whereas a tilled field of soybeans kills hundreds of thousands, including hundreds of “intelligent” creatures like rodents.
As always, I’ll suggest this article for a moral perspective on hunting:
I’m tickled that y’all think Cordial is so pretty because my mom thinks he’s the ugliest possible animal and we always knew she was wrong but it’s still nice to prove it.
Hi there! My name is Wynter, I’m 18, and I have a service dog! My current dog mainly performs psychiatric and alert tasks. If you’re wondering about my disabilities, I have both physical and mental ones. My service dog is the sole reason I can attend university, go out on my own, and live life as independently as possible. *Note: this was originally posted on another blog of mine, but I have since moved it here!
Today, I am going to teach you what not to do and what TO do around service dogs!
First things first – what exactly is a service dog? Well, according to the Americans with Disabilities Act, “A service animal means any dog (sometimes mini horse) that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability. “. So, basically, a service dog MUST be task trained to mitigate a disability. ESAs and Therapy dogs are NOT service animals, please see the below info-graphic.
PSA: To those “registering” their animals as service dogs/ESAs online, you’re getting scammed. There is NO registry for service animals (you only need a diagnosis) and for ESAs you only need a doctor’s note. NO SERVICE DOG / ESA REGISTRY WEBSITE IS LEGIT IN AMERICA! Please stop taking your untrained dogs in public, thank you.
Anyway…
Now that you know what a service dog is, let me tell you what NOT to do:
Do not make eye contact with the dog.
Do not talk, make noises at, or otherwise vocalise to the dog.
Do not scream “AW PUPPY” at us, please.
Please don’t even ask to pet our dogs, SD handlers really just want to grocery shop.
Do not ask us about our medical history.
Do not distract our dogs, this can be LIFE THREATENING!
Do not bring your pet/ESA into no-dog spaces, this is also life threatening to both me and my dog. Also, it is illegal to say your dog is a service animal when it is not.
No touch, interaction/talk, or eye contact.
What TO do:
Leave us be! Let us shop, pee, and eat in peace. If our dogs are off-duty and in a dog friendly area, feel free to ask! But please just let us work otherwise, especially if they are wearing gear.
Contrary to popular belief, most SD handlers don’t want to have to rely on our dogs to leave our houses, we do not want to have to deal with answering questions constantly every time we leave our houses.
Businesses: please learn the ADA laws, we would really appreciate it. You are only allowed to ask us two questions! “Is this a service dog?” and “What tasks is the dog trained to perform?”. That is IT! Also, service animals are not legally required to wear vests, have ID, papers, etc.
TLDR:
Do not interact with, touch, or talk to service dogs.
A slight clarification on where it says that it’s illegal to fraudulently claim a dog is a service animal: this depends on state and local laws. Although some states make it a misdemeanor, the Americans with Disabilities Act does not criminalize fakers, or anything else for that matter (it’s a civil rights law, which means its sole purpose is to guarantee rights).
Ronald K. Siegel has studied the precursors of religious faith in African elephants and concludes that “elephants are aware of natural cycles, as they practice “moon worship,” waving branches at the waxing moon and engaging in ritual bathing when the moon is full.“[7] Observations by Pliny the elder also note supposed elephant reverence for the celestial bodies.[8]
I have a ton of new followers so I just wanted to post this. There is a difference between an emotional support animal, therapy animal, and service dog. Please know the difference!
“Emotional Support Service K9s” don’t exist. “Emotional Service Dogs” aren’t a thing.
Psychiatric service dogs are a thing and it’s important to get terminology correct! When talking to other people, if you’re using the incorrect terminology, more and more people will hear you say you have a “emotional therapy service dog” and think that therapy dogs and service dogs are the same. THEY AREN’T.
This isn’t at anyone in particular. Just want to make sure that my followers are on the same page.
im still pissed off that birds get to spend their days flying about and cats get to sleep for 16 hours a day and im stuck dealing with capitalism and expectations
Okay I also meant to post these 100 years ago and just remembered. This horse is a polydactyl on ALL FOUR feet which is the coolest thing ever, and I think about him at least once a day. Polydactyly in horses originates from one of the splint bones, which are remnants of toes from the ancestors of our modern horses. It typically does not bother them, so long as the extra hooves are trimmed, although sometimes they interfere with the other legs. Most often they are surgically removed when the horse is a foal for aesthetic reasons. Not this cool little guy though!
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