#Dangerous Pet

[filteredpet]

Why the UK is banning American bully XL dogs

The UK government announced in June 2022 that it would ban the import and breeding of American bully XL dogs, a type of pitbull. The ban was introduced in response to concerns about the breed’s size, strength, and potential for aggression. The American bully XL is a relatively new breed, having been developed in the United States in the late 1990s. It is a large, muscular dog with a broad head…

[fairsweetlonging]

shen yuan being animal obsessed to the point he starts trying to take everything remotely friendly home with him so one day returns with the xianxia equivalent of a scraggly possom that hisses at everyone it sees and that is definitely poisonous while still insisting its a little baby that needs a home

airplane never really expanded on the common creature worldbuilding in pidw like pigeons and cats and rabbits and raccoons, so shen yuan started filling in the blanks himself and oh boy did he fill it wrong. he pets a fox-like creature the size of a cow with horns and hooves like it's a horse not knowing that would be like trying to pet a grizzly bear. he coos over the owl-cats that live under overhangs and in dusty attics and really really wants one until liu qingge has to drag him away because they're some of the most awful aggressive pests you can have that swoop down on people and claw their faces open when they're mildly displeased.

one time he walked onto his peak with a six-legged spotted weasel in his sleeve bc it's so cute he just couldn't leave it!! not knowing said weasel is known as one of the most vicious predators because they tear through the calf muscles to cripple prey ten times their size and then eat them alive

however, because shen yuan has the disney princess subclass with a +7 proficiency in animal handling, it never goes wrong. he pets the fox-stag without an issue and it even allows him to climb onto its back. the owl-cats love him and happily play with his robes and fetch things for him. the six legged weasel lazes around the bamboo house all day and loves to be pet. the scaggly possom hisses at and hates everyone except shen yuan.

every other animal had to leave, except the possom. that is a fight they did not win. yue qingyuan only has so much strength and those teary eyes are lethal

[ryllen]

/ᐠ ˵•̀ ˕ •́ マ ₊˚⊹♡

/ᐠ ˵- ˕ -マ⋆｡ﾟ☁︎ ☾ ﾟ｡⋆

૮ ˵• ﻌ - ა.𖥔 ݁ ˖ just malleus practicing to befriend more human in the future (perhaps)

[normal-newt]

Wildlife rescue organisations here have very intense politics. Like, if you criticize any organisations’ practices you can end up being “locked out” of even unpaid positions in all of them. Which is why this is going safely under a username and not anywhere near my actual one. But it’s so frustrating watching everyone making the same mistakes over and over again.

So some baby animal can’t be released, and it’s decided that they will be used as an education/ ambassador animal. Because of this, they don’t need to be raised to avoid humans. But some people think that this means they should be treated like human children. One organisation literally started splitting up captive-born joeys from wild but un-release-able kangaroos specifically to raise so that when they grew up they would “think they were human”. And for the first year or two it goes great. They want to snuggle with everyone who will look at them, they play with people, and they are just unbearably cute. And people aww about it and say that they really do think they’re human. 

When they start to reach sexual maturity, they start “acting up”. People get kicked and scratched and they start to realise that their “child” isn’t acting so snuggly anymore, and they get angry. And the kangaroos have no fucking idea why, because they can’t know that they’re play wrestling is strong enough to hurt us. Because it turns out they don’t think they’re human, but they certainly seem to think we’re kangaroos.

And by the time they’re old enough to start fighting for real, it’s already too late to do anything about it. You can’t let visitors anywhere near them for safety reasons. 90% of the staff and volunteers won’t go in to clean the enclosures, and a lot of them still blame the animals. Some animals are so risky to work with that feeding them takes two people in the enclosure and one person acting as a “spotter”. There is no PPE for this, so people end up using plastic buckets as shields.

Anyway I’m mostly just yelling at the void, but if anyone reading this was wondering why a lot of zoos and wildlife rescues don’t cuddle the baby animals. it’s because of this sort of thing. There are a lot of really good ways to make sure baby animals feel comfortable and safe, but handling them too much usually either scares them, or means that they could seriously injure someone down the track.

It’s also why so many people who’ve worked with animals are so strongly against people owning certain types of exotic pets. If someone is telling you not to get a pet serval or kangaroo or whatever else people are keeping in their living rooms, there’s a good chance they’re trying to stop you getting mauled.

[softiedingo]

Mobius and his chaotic puppy God.

But don't worry, he doesn't bite.

[doumidas-whumps]

don't pass out on barbed wire, IDIOT!

consider this a companion piece to that

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[thatsgonnaleaveamark]

this or that - whump tropes (53)

potentially dangerous flesh wound (and you might have to look out for rabies as well) or venom that a character might not even immediately notice?

[bearotonin-international]

i want you to know that when i was a kid i was really into polar animals so my mom got me a polar bear stuffed animal that came with a documentary and when i watched it and learned that polar bears eat seals instead of being friends with them i cried and my mom decided i wasn’t allowed to watch that movie again

we're sorry for that sad experience learning that this silly goober

is also a lethal beast

[seabeck]

Went to do laundry, found this 🤦‍♀️

[dribs-and-drabbles]

Hear me out.

Papang and Poppy.

I need these two as a couple in something, dark or light, with or without glasses, whatever...just them.

[lukasdoodles]

I think its a shame that we only really see Jesse carrying Reuben when they're going up/down ladders or running from danger. I think Jesse would spoil Reuben whenever possible and treat him like a baby.... that's their pet of COURSE Reuben is spoiled and beloved

[necrophiliak]

[not-the-littlest-pet-shop]

Bug's Ice Cream Shoppe gets a lot of business on these hot summer days!

[just-null]

hiii!! noritoshi always looks so cute in your art style! i just wanna give him a big smooch, and i was wondering what noritoshi would act around someone with a snake, thanks!! and i love your posts!!

Noritoshi'd be cautious at first. A snake is a reptile that should be treated carefully. Assuming the snake belongs to you, he'd ask questions. It's natural to be curious, and who knows a snake better than its owner?

He'd want to hold it but wouldn't feel ready unless you insisted it was okay. That and you'd have to guide him along the way.

Noritoshi is fascinated by things he doesn't get to experience often, so he might fall in love with the little scaly friend right then and there. The longer you look at him the longer you can catch small glimmers of fascination in him as he looks on at the snake.

Oh, how he'd run his mouth with questions faster than you could answer. "How often does it shed?" "What conditions does it like to sleep in?" "Do you really feed it rats?" "Is there a difference between a male and female snake?" "What do you do to entertain it?" and so many more. It's alright if you don't know an answer, he'll just write it down and find out on his own later.

A pretty snake like it's pretty owner, he thinks.

[mynameiszboss]

Ball Python noodle

[mylittleredgirl]

i'm so charmed by the letter trapper gets back from his wife in "kim"

louise mcintyre is hilarious actually