STOP rting videos of wild animals kept as pets. it& #39;s not "cute" and it& #39;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.

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">https://www.iucn.org/news/spec...

please don& #39;t support this. i don& #39;t know what else to say. rting that video isn& #39;t cute. it isn& #39;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">https://www.bbc.com/news/scie...

"most ppl aren& #39;t going to go buy an otter bc they see a video online tho."
you& #39;re right, the vast majority won& #39;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& #39;s a lot of ppl. & a lot of animals.