#((release him.))

[ocdhuacheng]

[meryl voice] what do you mean hes at soup

[hillhouses]

comparing tyler durden to louis de pointe du lac is like damn they really backed brad pitt into a corner instead of getting literally anyone else to play this role

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

The Bronx Zoo has just released Flaco's necropsy results.

He was not thriving, as the people championing the ideal of "freedom" claimed.

He was poisoned.

He was sick.

He was suffering.

"Freedom" would have eventually killed him. A building just happened to do it first.

"Postmortem testing has been completed for Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl that was found down in the courtyard of a Manhattan building a little over a year after his enclosure at the Central Park Zoo was vandalized on February 2, 2023. Onlookers reported that Flaco had flown into a building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on February 23, 2024, and acute trauma was found at necropsy. Bronx Zoo veterinary pathologists determined that in addition to the traumatic injuries, Flaco had two significant underlying conditions. He had a severe pigeon herpesvirus from eating feral pigeons that had become part of his diet, and exposure to four different anticoagulant rodenticides that are commonly used for rat control in New York City. These factors would have been debilitating and ultimately fatal, even without a traumatic injury, and may have predisposed him to flying into or falling from the building. The identified herpesvirus can be carried by healthy pigeons but may cause fatal disease in birds of prey including owls infected by eating pigeons. This virus has been previously found in New York City pigeons and owls. In Flaco’s case, the viral infection caused severe tissue damage and inflammation in many organs, including the spleen, liver, gastrointestinal tract, bone marrow, and brain.   No other contributing factors were identified through the extensive testing that was performed. Flaco’s severe illness and death are ultimately attributed to a combination of factors—infectious disease, toxin exposures, and traumatic injuries—that underscore the hazards faced by wild birds, especially in an urban setting."

The naturalistic fallacy kills animals in horrible ways. The romanticism of what humans want to think of as a "free, wild, pure life" cannot be allowed supplant the reality of injury, sickness, and death. Releasing captive animals (or keeping them from being recaptured) because it's "better" for them to suffer untethered than live a healthy, safe, captive life is inhumane and horrific.

Flaco's life didn't have to end in pain, sickness, and suffering.

Flaco's death didn't have to be tragic.

But once the idea of "freedom" entered the chat, Flaco's fate was unavoidable.

[asteraws]

chilchunk san

[qiinamii]

wanderer day <3

[lotus-pear]

he’s begging kuni to let them eat pancakes for dinner

[frondobongo-mixedmedia]

I mix my warm scrambled egg for breakfast and sit down on my dark bench

Me, murmuring: you used to call me on my cellphone

My eggs, still warm: *begin to wiggle and steam”

Gordon Ramsay, who I have mistakenly caught in my various traps and guises: That’s not good, they’re not supposed to do that

[heartwarminganimals]

Source on twitter

[makeit2d]

The realization that fizz isn't just wearing clown makeup like I thought, but his whole face is scarred and his beak thingy is the undamaged skin that was protected by the clown nose

[newttxt]

this is opla!zoro, to me 🙂

[musubiki]

balor 🥰

[iwasbored777]

Barbie movie never said "we need to stop men" it said "we need to stop toxic masculinity" and if that made you feel called out I got some news for you

[somnimagus]

out of the frying pan and into the fire and into another frying pan that's also on fire

[id in alt text]

[temeyes]

casual simon riley (colored)

[kenchann]

being called good boy by crewel-sensei 🫣 🏃‍♂️

[criticalamityz]

first kiss