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STOP rting videos of wild animals kept as pets. it's not "cute" and it's not harmless.
normalizing the removal of wild species for the pet trade is hugely detrimental to biodiversity, the survival of various species as a whole, & the quality of life for all animals involved.
normalizing the removal of wild species for the pet trade is hugely detrimental to biodiversity, the survival of various species as a whole, & the quality of life for all animals involved.
the asian small-clawed otter is literally threatened by online sales. so much so that local authorities in many southeast asian countries have made poaching of them for the pet trade a SERIOUS crime. https://www.iucn.org/news/species/201806/southeast-asias-appetite-pet-otters-supplied-online
please don't support this. i don't know what else to say. rting that video isn't cute. it isn't funny. it has serious, real world implications and consequences for these animals.
cw for link: animal death, animal cruelty, etc. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49904668
cw for link: animal death, animal cruelty, etc. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49904668
"most ppl aren't going to go buy an otter bc they see a video online tho."
you're right, the vast majority won't.
but if something gets 30k rts, & 1% of those ppl even consider it, & there are thousands of videos out there just like it... that's a lot of ppl. & a lot of animals.
you're right, the vast majority won't.
but if something gets 30k rts, & 1% of those ppl even consider it, & there are thousands of videos out there just like it... that's a lot of ppl. & a lot of animals.
