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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 10-Mar-2025 06:49:32 JST 
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Dumb Friends League changed their name to Humane Colorado :blobreachsob:
Dumb Friends League has been around since 1910, making it not only one of the oldest animal welfare organizations out there, but also one of the largest, helping animals and other shelters nationwide. Their aim is to help animals that are homeless or suffering.
'Dumb' was a common synonym for 'mute' back in the day, referring to the non-speaking pets that the organization helped. However, with America's lowering IQ, the public began to consider this offensive and calling the animals stupid. With dwindling support from the public, this 100+ year old organization decided to change it's name to Humane Colorado.
Dumb Friends League has been an iconic name in animal welfare, right up there with ASPCA and HSUS. -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 06-Mar-2025 08:37:54 JST
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An artist in Denmark, Marco Evaristti, has an art installation that includes three piglets, named Lucia, Simon, and Benjaminm, who will be denied food and water and will starve to death. Visitors are given a captive bolt gun with the option to end their suffering.
It's supposed to raise awareness for the treatment of pigs in Denmark; Sows in Denmark are bred to have an average of 20 piglets, but only have 14 teats, meaning many piglets starve.
Marco pledged to feed (and I assume water) the piglets if and only if an associated Instagram page gets 22k followers - said Instagram group pledges to not contribute to factory farming pigs.
The exhibition, called "And Now You Care", opened in Copenhagen, Denmark on 2/28/25 in the evening. The young pigs are expected to die of dehydration in a few days.
BUT this story has a happy ending; Marco's friend, Caspar Steffensen, worked with animal rights groups on Saturday to steal the piglets from the exhibit.
Steffensen said he could not allow the three animals to face a painful death after his 10-year-old daughter had begged him to “make sure the piggies won't die.”
I see food and water in this exhibit but I am assuming these photos were taken prior to the opening of the exhibit, as it sounds like these pigs were not there long before they were stolen. Probably wanted to make sure they could last as long as possible to give people time to kill them. -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 23-Feb-2025 02:28:39 JST
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Persistent Pupillary Membrane (PPM) is actually the leftover remnants of fetal tissue crossing the ocular membrane. It very rarely causes any visual issues. -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Feb-2025 22:45:50 JST
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I totally skipped out on puppy bowl. I just feel like they are skirted so far away from their original purpose.
Puppy Bowl was started to promote adopting shelter dogs.
This year (and probably previous years as well) the puppies in the puppy bowl were decided several weeks before puppy bowl. Most of the dogs already been adopted, with very few actually put ON HOLD and unavailable to adopt for multiple weeks until after the event.
On top of that, all the dogs shown this year were either apparent highly sought after purebreds or designer dogs. Pekinese, Pugs, English Bulldogs, Frenchies, Min Pin x Doodle, Chi x doodle, Cocker Spaniels, Great dane, carin terrier, Schipperke, even a fucking rough collie which is exceptionally rare let alone as a puppy in a shelter.
I just feel like puppy bowl went from promoting adoption to just finding the cutest and rarest puppies to get better ratings. And it just makes me sick.
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 09:35:44 JST
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Shelter Animals Count released their 2024 data - I haven't read it yet because I need to fulfill my contractual continuing education first. But I have some highlights here.
Dog adoptions are continuing on a downward trend.
A lot of people are blaming this on the quality of ‘product’, but I'm not buying that excuse. There is a clear correlation between the lack of affordable homes/apartments, and the decrease in dog ownership with the decrease of dog adoptions. Simply put, landlords and insurance agencies are going to make sure we aren’t allowed to have dogs in a very roundabout manner.
Some good news is cat adoptions were higher - not as big of an increase in previous years but still a positive trend. I think the cost of pet ownership and lack of economic confidence has slowed pet adoption. -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 01:29:25 JST
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The Western Monarch Butterfly had stumped entomologists for ages.
First researched in 1850's, it wasn't until the 1930's that it was confirmed these butterflies did in fact migrate across the states from southern Canada to the south. However it wasn't until 1975, after 40 years of pursuing monarch migration, that it was discovered by Dr. Fred Urquhart roughly where the butterflies migrate to - Mainly California and Mexico, but some populations retire to Texas and Florida.
Another long sought after mystery was just how they migrated. For a while it was believed that the monarch lifespan was a deal longer than it actually is to compensate for the migration; up to a year or more. However now we understand that it takes around 4 generations for these butterflies to reach Canada and the northern US, and somehow manages to live up to 9 months for the migration back down south - a process that is still a head scratcher for today's entomologists.
That brings up an even bigger question though; If they aren't taught, how do they know where to go?
Only in the 2010's did we discover that they use the sun and polarized light to instinctively tell them their migration route.
However the Monarch's story doesn't end there; they may have an internal compass as well that we are discovering, and multiple possible navigational genes yet to be studied.
They are considered an excellent model organism for the study of the molecular and neural basis of long-distance migration.
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 09:07:26 JST
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This is Wally - Wally was found stuffed in a trash bag last month. Weighing at just 23#, he had to go on a special feeding regime to ensure he didn't eat too much - overeating has the potential to seriously harm an emaciated animal. Last pic is Wally, just 1 month post actually receiving food -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2025 00:23:08 JST
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Zoo baby wednesday is BACK baby!
Except... its winter so there's like no fucking babies happening, but I'll do my best.
St. Louis Zoo in St. Louis, MO announced the birth of a male Asian Elephant that was born 11/23/2024. The 250+lb baby was named Jet and is the first Asian elephant born from artificial insemination at the St. Louis Zoo. Proud parent 17y/o F Jade is part of a four-generation elephant family, with grandparents Onyx (M) and Pearl (F), and parents Rani (M?) and Raja (F?).
Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, CT opens it's doors to a Linnie's Two-Toed Sloth named Jeffery. Jeffery came from another zoo, I guess they just didn't have room or need for him or something. Just like sloths, the story is pretty boring.
Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden in (you guessed it) Oklahoma City, OK brings in a F 7m/o Bobcat named Pando. Orphaned in California, the bobcat was temporarily cared for by rescue organizations before being transferred to the zoo. Unfortunately, Pando has become too acclimated to humans to be released into the wild, and readily approached people. Pando will be in the zoo's newly renovated Cat Forest, but might be out of public view while she gets acclimated. -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 28-Dec-2024 01:58:27 JST
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@graf @j You're really aging me here.
Idk what snakes are in your area, but generally venom is fairly fast acting because snakes ain't tracking down their prey too far. So you'd start seeing other signs if the bite was venomous.
It might need to see a vet, but I don't believe it will need an emergency vet. ER vets are more for severe traumatic injuries and cases where the animal may die if not treated. I'd make an appointment but skip the ER unless something drastic happens.
If the cat is putting weight on it it isn't likely a break, but I've seen cats do some crazy shit before. Definitely keep the cat indoors until this resolves. -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 14:55:11 JST
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@IAMAL_PHARIUS >jewish symbol is rubbing hands
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 10:36:37 JST
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@IAMAL_PHARIUS Yooo!
Sad news almost all the dogs are dead. From natural enough causes though. They were old. -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 01:20:49 JST
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this rat has benign fatty deposits. The fat grows upon itself, regardless of the animal's diet. So even if it were starved, the fatty tumor will remain. Rats are really well known to love to get tumors like this. I just thought this was a massive unit. -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 02:51:48 JST
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While on the subject of other countries, I thought I'd talk about international adoption. Specifically, Korean rescues or 'meat dog' rescues.
TL;DR - Most of them are a scam. The few that are legitimate, are inherently a huge gamble that I don't think most people understand.
Most countries don't have rules regarding charities like we do in western countries, meaning your money is not promised to go to a 'non-profit', and many times it isn't. Whatever is left over, is probably being spent on Pachinko or something
In my research, I have found that usually you will get a dog from these international rescues, generally the dog that is described (physically speaking). It has to have the bare minimums to get into the states, i.e. vaccine record and vet check, so you will get that by default too. But it seems a lot of these rescue dogs have no solid history or proof they were rescued. I see a lot I think are coming from pet stores. Some might just be pets people are trying to offload, or strays, so in a way it's still helping. But I do wonder how many of these dogs are pets that are stolen to sell for a profit.
Then, there comes the logistics. An actual meat dog is going to be semi-feral. While I scoff at the idea that asians 'bred' a dog for meat, I do believe that they are taking street dogs for such purposes. Dogs that have been breeding without human intervention for so long, almost become their own sort of breed, sometimes called Village dogs or a Landrace breed. And those Village dogs are prone to be aloof, very aloof. They have generally missed socialization during their younger phases as well, making them uber aloof. These dogs tend to prefer the company of other dogs rather than people.
People tend to get these dogs, thinking they're getting this cuddly yard trained healthy shiba inu, and probably pay over a few grand for a semi-feral untrained shiba inu. Or better yet it's a Golden or a Corgi or something, like I'm sure dirt poor Koreans eating dogs are opting for the $800 designer bred dog that has maybe #10 of meat -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2024 11:34:29 JST
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Holy FUUUUUUUCK
us dept of energy just fucking BANNED UVB and heat lamps!
What this means is that reptile owners are FUCKED. Heat lamps are required source of external heat for most reptiles. UVB is required to to keep reptiles healthy and bones growing correctly.
Y'all snake owners are gonna have to bring your snakes outside for like 4-5h a day... Rip if you live where winter exists. And windows block most UV that herps need so fucked on that end. -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jun-2024 13:25:52 JST
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Way too much softcore anime porn on the TL, and not NEARLY enough guinea pigs.
Fix this :babytapir: -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jun-2024 08:58:01 JST
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Gay month started today, but on Monday I'm gonna check how many animal related groups change their logos to gay shit. I never really understood it, animals can not comprehend the concept of being gay. -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 30-May-2024 08:02:23 JST
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Officer Myron Woodson of Sturgeon, Missouri, is under fire after opening fire on a blind and deaf small dog on May 19, 2004.
Officer Woodson was responding to the dog at large, who slipped out of the owner's yard - and thus slipping it's collar - earlier that day.
The officer came upon the dog, noting that the dog 'broke it's neck' (lol) and later stated "I’m not gonna let you bite me, you’re looking all cray."
After unsuccessfully trying to capture the dog multiple times, the officer debates wrapping the dog up in a towel before finally pulling his gun out and shooting the dog as the dog began to walk towards the tree line. In the footage a woman is heard coming out of her home complaining about the shots fired when she had kids with her at the time.
The 13lb Shihtzu mix, named Teddy, was owned by a Nicholas Hunter. According to Hunter, Teddy was 5 years old at the time of death, was born deaf but went blind a few years ago. As such, the dog tends to walk with a head tilt.
The person who called the dog in, a city worker that would like to remain anonymous to avoid being fired, noted several times they emphasized the dog was not dangerous and simply drinking water next to them.
According to Hunter, the officer said he did not feel like the dog was a threat but thought it was in pain and believed the best course of action was to put the animal down.
Later a Facebook post by the City says they believed that the officer acted within his authority, and that the animal was a rabies risk. The owner did say Teddy was up to date on rabies vaccine.
Firstly, bro, how bad can you be with a fucking catch pole? You literally had it AROUND THE DOG'S NECK multiple times, that's when you tighten it bro. If you can't do that, get a slip lead or a rope with a slip knot and use that instead.
The dog does not have signs of rabies, full stop. It doesn't act like any stage or variant or symptom of rabies. He is very cognizant of it's surroundings, it's not ataxic, it's not drooling. It just doesn't look like rabies.
Also my man, you're afraid of a *13lb dog*, are you gonna shoot a 150lb person if they walk around blind with a head tilt? The fuck. You could PUNT that dog.
abc17news.com/news/abc-17-news-investigates/2024/05/23/video-shows-interaction-sturgeon-police-officer-had-with-dog-before-shooting/
5/28/24 Update:
Officer Woodson has been placed on leave and Kevin Abrahamson, the mayor, resigned because of community backlash over Teddy’s killing.
animalvictory.org/petitions/punish-police-officer-who-killed-13-pound-blind-deaf-dog/
@Witch_Hunter_Siegfired This one is for you, it's both a minority AND a cop. -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 26-May-2024 07:57:37 JST
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Is no one else talking about this?
TL;DR -
>man interrogated for 17h straight to get him to confess he killed his father
>Lied and told him the father was found dead with multiple stab wounds
>included not allowing him to have his medications or go to a hospital
>they brought HIS DOG into the room and told him the dog would have to be euthanized
>They take the man out on a car ride telling him they were going to a hospital; brought him to his home instead and pressured him to say where he killed his father
>later cops found the father was alive and visiting a friend
>never told this to the man, left him in interrogation room where he attempted suicide
>brought him to an asylum, where he still doesn't know that his dog and dad are still alive
>they dropped the dog off at a shelter instead of with family, the shelter was given 0 info but were able to track owner down thanks to the dog being chipped
Gotta back the blue :blobcatpolicedonut:
sbsun.com/2024/05/23/fontana-pays-nearly-900000-for-psychological-torture-inflicted-by-police-to-get-false-confession/ -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 26-May-2024 07:57:35 JST
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@Dudebro @tyler @ForbiddenDreamer I'll never forget when a cop was first trying to tell me about animal laws, completely incorrectly, and I thought I was going crazy. Before that, I didn't realize how retarded cops were able to be. -
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Tapir (tepid_tapir@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 21-May-2024 13:04:49 JST
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@graf @BigDuck imagine being catfished like that
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