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Hello! Who knew jaguars and leopards were so different in appearance?

(not me!)

#important

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Stop reblogging big cats in a domestic environment as being “cute” 

Stop reblogging people “hanging out” with tigers or cub petting as being “cute”

Stop reblogging big cats, even cubs, interacting with domestic pets as being “cute”

Stop reblogging white tigers as being “cute”

Stop reblogging ligers and other hybrid big cats as being “cute”

Stop supporting the exploitation of big cats.

#important

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Downhill by © Steve McKinzie

#Wow that's a big tail

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Cheetah at Sunset by bfryxell on Flickr.

#<- prev tags

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#We have #The limax maximus #Leopard slug

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if I forgot your favorite subgenre or misclassified a band feel free to argue in the replies 👍

#industrial #My fave is pedigree #Not a dog food brand

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Reposting this because I need to materialize it somewhere.

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Can we just aprpeciate munchkins for a minute hehe ���

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what’s wrong with everythingfox?

if you’ve been here for very long, you’ve probably noticed us making disdainful references to everythingfox! but why, you ask, do you guys dislike that blog so much?

everythingfox is a content aggregator. they repost videos without credit, often linking back to a reddit or imgur post that is itself a repost. often it takes me about five minutes to find the original source of a video, something they could also do if they really cared about sourcing videos properly! they do not.

they also uncritically post videos of animals in tons of situations that are unsafe or outright dangerous. they post wild animals being kept as pets in homes, interactions between predator and prey animals, interactions between humans and wild animals, staged videos that are borderline abuse, videos that actually are abuse, and sometimes adorable animals being adorable with no problems. lots of people are unable to pick the bad videos out from the good, which means they may be consuming content they don’t realize is actually harmful to animals.

now, it’s the internet, we all make mistakes and sometimes post something we didn’t realize was harmful. however, when harmful posts are pointed out, the person running the blog becomes defensive and doubles down. they do not take responsibility for the content they promote.

i genuinely believe it’s possible to run an ethical blog for posting cute animal content. it just takes effort. you have to credit your sources, use some critical skills when selecting videos/pictures, and be able to accept corrections. everythingfox’s creator does not seem at all interested in trying to abide by these tenets.

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When to click away from an animal video

–Any wild animal in a house/being treated like a pet. Yes, even if they say they “rescued” it. No legitimate rehabber would EVER treat a wild animal like a pet. Repeat after me: it does not matter if the animal is not suitable for release; they still shouldn’t be kept as a pet.

–Free contact with big cats. Even if it’s a “sanctuary”.

–People interacting with wildlife. Feeding, petting, playing with, etc.

–Free handling venomous snakes.

–Predator and prey interacting. Cats and birds, dogs and birds, literally anything else with birds. Cats or dogs with rodents, etc.

–Any video that claims a wild animal is domesticated. Wild animals are NOT domesticated, but they can be tamed. These are two very different things and anyone who doesn’t understand the difference shouldn’t be owning one of those animals.

–Any video claiming that (insert wild/exotic species here) is “just like owning a dog/cat!” i.e. the video that went around saying foxes are “the best characteristics of cats and dogs”.

–Facilities that breed hybrids or morphs (i.e. ligers, white tigers, coywolves, etc)

–Any video by the Dodo

–Obese animals being portrayed as “cute and chonky”.

–Click bait titles about dangerous/exotic animals i.e. “bitten by my king cobra!”, “my pet fox did what?!?”, “letting my pet alligator pick out a toy!”. You get the idea. Anyone using wild animals to get views/publicity does not have their best interests at heart.

–Any “dog trainers” promoting dominance theory (this shit has been disproven so many times and is not even accurate for wolves…)

–Owl cafes, otter cafes, or any kind of wild animal cafe.

Seriously, don’t give these people views. I understand that it can be hard to distinguish good and bad animal videos, but try and be critical of what you’re consuming. Giving these people views gets them sponsorships and money. Plus, more views = increased circulation of the video. This is honestly especially important on TikTok because there are so many younger people on that app. Look at the comment section on any pet wildlife video and it’s “omg I want one!”, “where can I get one?” over and over. And yes, this does matter. It has been proven that the media we consume does influence people to get these as pets. It is currently baby animal season in the US and my clinic is inundated with people who “rescued” baby wildlife (aka nest-napped) and now want to keep them as a pet. Mostly raccoons but also squirrels, opossums, ducklings, wild birds, and pretty much everything you can imagine.

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Your daily dose of cat memes

#so wholesome

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Your daily dose of cat memes

#LOL #important

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Arctic wolves traversing deep snow...

#Talking about bravery...

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#I like that lamp