Warning: Below is a disturbing video of an injured critter. But it is a wholly remarkable WTF moment, if you can handle such a thing. A human with an equivalent injury would do nothing but scream, but this deer looks like “Sup. Yeah, it’s been a day…”
On one hand: blah, blah, blah, important uplifting message about resilience. On the other hand… GREAT GOOGALY MOOGALY
That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works.
A pair of two male African penguins at a Dutch zoo, who made international headlines last year when they stole an egg from a heterosexual couple, have now stolen the nest of a lesbian duo … the gay couple is taking turns sitting on the eggs to keep them warm. But, Drost said, the eggs are likely unfertilized and will not hatch because they were laid by a lesbian penguin couple.
Somebody had the time and inclination to put this together…
Like the Good Book says:
A wayfarer should not walk unarmed,
But have his weapons to hand:
He knows not when he may need a spear,
Or what menace meet on the road.
Kinda wish there was a Paul Harvey “And that’s the rest of the story” on this.
It’s crazy enough to come off as something written by someone *pretending* to be a social justice warrior, but the website seems *kinda* legit.
The argument boils down to “since dogs were domesticated by Eurasians (evidence exists for both western Europe and southeast Asia being the point of domestication), it is cultural appropriation for white people to own dogs:
If you are white and own a canine, please consider donating them to a local POC family or non kill shelter so it can truly find the perfect home.
The website *looks* like a legit animal welfare organization website. No obvious signs that it’s satire. However, the website has only three articles, all written by the same “person.” It *looks* good, but it’s pretty devoid of actual information about the supposed organization. Google turns up almost nothing about the “United Wildlife Union” other than their website and some people talking about how bonkers the racist anti-white opinion piece is. This might be an exercise in web design wrapped around some ham-handed satire. But given how Cuckoo-For-Cthulhu-Puffs people are these days, it wouldn’t surprise me that someone is actually this bonkers. The more I look at it, the more it seems like satire… but these days I Just Don’t Know.
I know some people don’t like raccoons. They tend to get into garbage cans and scatter stuff about, making a mess. But… I’m sorry, just no. NO.
Warning: the video there is no freakin’ joke. Whether you like trash pandas or not, what these “people” do to this animal is unconscionable.They don’t just kill this animal, they cause it great and extended pain… and fear. And they – a sizable group – laugh gleefully as this happens. They take pleasure not in the killing of an animal for the food or resources it can provide, or as a way to defend against a dangerous predator… no, their pleasure comes from the pain and fear they inflict on a creature that they get under their power. The guy who filmed it – and laughed about it – then goes on to use the video to *support* BLM. I don’t generally want to link to images and/or videos of animal abuse, but here it’s important to know what kind of people are out there. It has long been known that those who abuse animals often go on to abuse humans. What these “protestors” do to this raccoon they will soon try to do to *you.* I would be utterly unsurprised if it turns out that one or more of those involved have already attempted murder or succeeded at it.
There is a lust for bloodshed and pain and violence here that should not be ignored and cannot be understood by civilized, intelligent people. Don’t assume that it’ll be sated with the screams of a small creature, or with the flames of an unoccupied business.
Anyone think PETA will take them on, and do so effectively?
“The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest. “Henry David Thoreau
South Africa: not even once.
Last year I moved from the Utah desert to somewhere rather damper. As a consequence, my cats have an all-new environment to look out upon… including all-new critters. Squirrels confuse the frak out of my cats, since they’ve never seen them before.
