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imagesforchange:

Stanley in his winter jacket.

Animal Place, Grass Valley, CA.

© Andrea White 2013

OMG his name is Stanley. 

superkingdom:

Nicole and I volunteered last weekend at Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, NY and had our hearts stolen by these beautiful individuals. The depth, personality, and charm of these animals exceeded all our expectations. We can’t recommend highly enough that you find the nearest sanctuary and get acquainted with these wonders.

They’re beautiful!

voxamberlynn:

cool-to-be-kind:

“In case you’re wondering, this is how you’re different from lions when you eat meat.

Lions do it for survival and have the chance of not eating at all due to the fairness of the fight, you however, do not.”

“oppressTHIS” - Shell123ey

When people compare actual predators to their meat-buying at stores and restaurants.

Go.fuck.ya self.

(via fuckyeah-animalrights)

superkingdom:

The new poster for upcoming documentary The Ghosts in Our Machine is absolutely perfect. In the new press release, director Liz Marshall discusses working with photographer JoAnne McArthur to challenge “the resistance within society to embrace the animal question. There have been other important movies made about animal rights, but I was determined to find a different approach, one that can both include and extend beyond the choir of those who are already concerned and active. My hope is to reach a broad audience.”

g0dlessvegan:

“On a commercial street in China, little tortoises are found packaged as souvenir!!! These little tortoises are still alive and swimming inside a herbal solution. The store owner says it can live for 1-3 months. 5 RMB a piece.

This is too cruel and unacceptable!!! God knows how many little lives were slowly suffocated to silent death; their fate sealed in a bag!!!

Has the commercial world no more other ideas to make money!!!

Please help “Share” this. Hopefully some media or government will pick up this news and step in to stop this animal cruelty! Perhaps find the real victim and put an end to such uncivilized act.”

Source: http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/keyrings.asp

starlitmoonwitch:

I am removing her claws because i am pregnant and i don’t want the Bactria from her shit in my baby’s blood nor on my tables, bed, or places that have to be clean for a baby. There is nothing wrong with declawing a cat. It don’t hurt them one bit, its not cruel when the animals is not suffering by…

Just saw this post. I wish to do nothing but spread the word about what, exactly, goes into “de-clawing” a cat. I am not a veterinarian but I am a certified VOA, trained in small animal procedures and animal behaviour, and I work at an animal hospital - both large and small animal wards. This is what I know from experience AND what I was taught by a woman who was the manager of a veterinary clinic for eight years: 

De-clawing a cat is, by definition, an amputation. It is not something that can be done with a quick visit to your vet; it is a surgery. Cats have claws; they are not nails. Please note the difference: a cat can retract her claws in and out of the pads of her paws, while dogs, who have nails, cannot. Bear in mind the anatomy of this: a cat’s claws are actually a part of the last bone in her paws, or phalange - the equivalent of the human finger bone. For the claw to be removed, the last phalange has to be amputated. 

A cat’s body was designed specifically to give her agility, grace, and balance. To remove digits from her paws completely throws her equilibrium off. It alters the conformation of her feet drastically. You are also denying your cat her primary means of self-defense. 

Cats do not adjust well to being “de-clawed”. Many cats, while recuperating after surgery, scratch their bandaged paws endlessly against their cages because they are traumatized, often mutilating themselves further. Remember that during your cat’s recovery time she still has to jump, climb, use her litter box, and walk - all on her freshly amputated toes. 

Veterinarians do not recommend “de-clawing” your cat. It is a painful surgery with a painful recovery period. In many European countries “de-clawing” is illegal because it is inhumane. 

There are many reasons a person may wish that their cat did not have claws - such as distructive habits. However, any animal will bring a certain amount of bacteria into the house, whether she has claws or not. Bacteria can be carried on anything - what makes you think YOU won’t carry bacteria in under your own fingernails? Why don’t you amputate your own finger bones? 

If you are that concerned about germs around your baby, keep your cat out of your baby’s nursery and keep her off counters and table tops. Keep anti-bacterial wipes on hand. But here’s the hard fact: your baby will encounter germs and bacteria throughout her life. It’s inevitable. That’s why living things are born with immune systems. There is no such thing as “de-clawing”. It is mutilation.

There is never a good reason to mutilate your cat. Ever. 

(Source: hippieflower21)