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Pup: EEEE!

thorsty

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OG: WOOHOO!

Con: HELL YEAH!

Cooper: HALLELUJAH!

Pup: AWOOOOOO!

AMAZING WORK, EVERYONE!

AUTISM SPEAKS IS SHUTTING DOWN IN CANADA!

When I started as an autism advocate in 2010, A$ dominated the narrative. They were everywhere and they regularly shouted advocates down and buried our voices. To see that they've made the decision to no longer operate in Canada is HUGE. It means our voices are getting louder and louder, and that our movement has made tangible progress!

My guess is that it's no longer financially feasible for them to have a Canadian arm of the organization, and that's such a massive shift given how dominant they were when I got my diagnosis 15 years ago and officially joined the autism advocacy movement 14 years ago. I'm so proud to see these changes happening - we've made progress, and I can't wait to make even more with all of you!

For now, though, it's okay to celebrate this victory. We all earned it together!

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How about some baby flamingo love? 💕

*Copyright protected 2018* Owner Gretchen Mogensen

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Con: Oh don’t worry, Aviva made this special paint that’s totally non-toxic!

When people graffiti on buildings: Yes! Ha ha! Fuck yes!

When people graffiti on rockfaces and cliffsides on hiking trails: What the absolute fuck.

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Pup: Awwww!

Con: I guess it’s kinda cute…

Cooper: Mmhm…

OG: Awww!

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Con: Aw hell nah!

Cooper: Temporary alliance?

Con: Keep your crazy bro out of it and you got a deal!

OG: That… isn’t what they’re say- and they’re gone…

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Con: Excuse you, I’m a perfectly capable— -trips over one of Aviva’s inventions and breaks something- Shit… uhhh that wasn’t important, was it?

Feral AU

Oh wow, the bros have a baby bro now, huh? What does the crew make of this?

Jimmy is horrified that there's ANOTHER kratt brother running around now.

Aviva is exited to have a new invention tester.

Koki doesn't really care as long as he doesn't break shit.

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Pup: AWOOOOO!

i cant wait for howloween

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Con: Aw hell yeah! The best time for pranks!

Cooper: Oh great, Toodles and Mets are gonna be EXTRA insane…

Con: I love Halloween! We get to dress up in the BEST costumes!

OG: Woohoo! Creepy creatures, here we come!

🕷🕸🦇👻💀☠️🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️🧛🏻🧙🏻‍♀️🧙🏼‍♂️👹🤡👽👺👁🧠🍫🍡🍭🍬🍂🍁🥀🍎🎃🧡🖤19 DAYS UNTIL HALLOWEEN!🖤🧡🎃🍎🥀🍁🍂🍬🍭🍡🍫🧠👁🤡👹👺👽🧙🏼‍♂️🧙🏻‍♀️🧛🏻🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️☠️💀👻🦇🕸🕷

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Pup: Ahhhh! -flapping hands-

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Pup: Ooh, that reminds me! -proceeds to send Martin 243 pictures of otters-

The most important reason to have a fursona is that all your friends can send you pictures of the animal and say "you."

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Con: Heyyy, guys, sooo before anyone panics, I am OK… but I’mma need a solid alibi.

Cooper: The heck did you DO, you psycho?

Con: I refuse to answer without my lawyer present.

What did Con do?

Asks open!

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Cooper: Please, my old principal’s office looked worse than this!

Salutations, going through a corrupt politician's file cabinet: Wow. This guy must comit a dozen felonies a week to have this much shit to hide.

Toodles, unimpressed: Slacker.

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OG: Has anyone seen Cooper?

Pup: Nuh-uh! I think he said he was calling his brothers?

Con: Must be about that baby hippo, he looked pi— annoyed.

OG: Well, he’s a creature adventurer too, right? They’re probably on their way to talk to the zookeepers.

Con: -snorts- Have you MET his brothers? His Chris is more insane than my Aviva, and that’s saying something.

Pup: Is that bad?

Con: Depends if you like breathing. -shrug-

OG/Pup: …

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Con: I’ve come to accept it, I literally LIVE with it every day.

not to alarm anyone but is anybody else worried about how everybody is fucking stupid

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Cooper: … I’m gonna make a call.

Not to be a killjoy (though it is what I do best) but the unsafe and rough handling of a baby Pygmy hippo in a pretty substandard Thai zoo being meme-ed into something funny and cute really shows just how much groupthink plays into public perception of animal welfare.

Moo Deng shows avoidance, threat displays and stress around her keepers that are constantly man-handling her, blasting her with a hose and harassing her. The enclosure is mostly concrete, which is horrible for her soft feet. There looks to be some substrate but there doesn’t seem to be any areas for wallowing or deep water wading.

There’s also very easy access of this hippo to the public with no places to hide. I’d love if someone could shed more light on the enclosures but from what I’ve seen it’s not great.

Also the free contact and forcing into tubs that the keepers do is only going to create an avoidant and potentially aggressive and dangerous Pygmy hippo.

But the public happily overlook that because she’s cute. It’s a similar attitude with seals too.

Stop rewarding bad husbandry with clout. Baby animals deserve agency and respect and to grow up without getting harassed and feeling the need to defend themselves constantly.

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Cooper: Now that’s my kind of cat…

Black leopard for febroary!