Hello everyone, I'm typing this from work (3rd shifts) as the vet would not take my cat Osiris who had a blockage this morning as I don't have enough money. I've paid up to $2300 3 times as he continues to get blocked and the last time was only two weeks ago. I'm going to have to either get the surgery or surrender him which means he is put down and I can't let that happen. I'm going through as many options as I can and one emergency pet foundation is going to pay $300 of it but that still leaves a huge chunk of change and I'm paycheck to paycheck. I will be making a gofund me as well and unsure of what else to do.

I can make payments to pay something back but I can't get approved for anything and I've tried all day but had to come to work (no sleep) so I'm reaching out here as one of my last resort options. If anyone is able to help at all please let me know. I can provide proof, pictures etc and can even take a phone call as I know how bad the internet is filled with scams, bots etc.

He's sitting at home in my bathroom and been trying to pee all day. I'm really upset that they sent him home but also understand the world revolves around money but can't help but feel lost when they can send your loved one home just to suffer. Not their fault but man, why does it have to be like this lol. After applying and getting denied for so much stuff I don't know what else to do.

I have Paypal, Coinbase and Chime if that makes any difference.

Please and thank you.

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My partner has a friend who is mentally ill. He has been off of his medication in recent months and due to his outbursts and actions has not had a place to live. He has been living in the woods (well-equipped with outdoor gear.) He has been arrested several times and institutionalized twice (they keep letting him out after a week or two.)

Throughout this time he has had his dog with him. My partner and their mutual friend have been trying to support him, bringing him food, water and dog food. The times that he was arrested, the dog was sent to local animal control. My partner went and got the dog each time, once he found a foster for a week and another had a friend take her in for another few weeks while he was in jail and then a mental health facility. In the last month their mutual friend saw him a few times and witnessed him hitting the dog and screaming at her. The dog was obviously distressed by her owner’s actions, neglect and the heat. We live in NC.

Last week my partner and their friend went out to the woods to “visit” him and bring him supplies at the spot in the woods he had set up camp. They found that he was gone but had left the dog behind, her leash tied to a tree. He had just up and left her there and didn’t tell anyone. A few phone calls later they found out that he had gone to the local hospital the previous day to be treated for heat exhaustion. He then disappeared for four days and they just found out today that he is in yet another mental health facility a 5-hour drive from here.

My partner called animal control (as he had dealt with them before re. this dog) and asked what the options were. The officer he spoke to said that if the dog did not meet the criteria for adoption she would be euthanized in 5 days. This dog likely would not meet that criteria as she was never spayed and growled and showed her teeth to the people at animal control. To my knowledge she has never bitten anyone and was likely just scared. She is a sweet girl.

My partner is very upset that the dog was abandoned and has no intention of taking her to animal control after what they told him. The dog is at our house currently, eating well with access to our backyard and all the water and toys she wants. She was very stressed and submissive to the point of seeming scared at first but she is starting to relax and feel safe with us.

We cannot keep her because we have a small house and an old dog we don’t want to stress out. We want to find her a good home and we sure as hell don’t want to give her back to him with the state he’s in.

We are not sure of the legal ramifications of adopting her out while he is institutionalized, however long this particular stint lasts. He is clearly an unfit dog owner at this point and my partner is appalled that he would abandon her - while he was on his medication he was fine and a perfectly good dog owner. He has made various promises to get treatment and get his medication situation straight but it doesn’t seem to stick; in a few days he’s off the rails again. It’s doubtful he would legally sign over ownership of the dog to anyone. My partner no longer wants to be his friend because of this situation, but he still wants to do right by the dog. So what can we do?

I’m looking for some closure on a situation that left me feeling very very sad. We found a small chipmunk rolled up in the grass with his tail covering his eyes and were immediately heartbroken. We put it in a box to protect it from the elements and offered it water but it was unresponsive to touch but was breathing very shallowly. we ended up half burying the box near a tree in our backyard so it was able to escape if it perked up, but would be safe while it passed if it ended up doing so. Should we have tried to do more for it? The wildlife centers by us didn’t have chipmunks on their approved list but not knowing if it’s passed or not yet is making me sick to my stomach…I feel like we could have done more for it ☹️ (I plan to check tomorrow and fully bury the box if it’s passed inside)

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Hi everyone -

I’m an animal welfare scientist, and I recently became aware of a situation in which a monkey named Frankie has been kept in a cage alone in a pet store in Kansas City. A group called Kansas City Action for Animals has found a sanctuary which will take him, but the owners of the store are thus far refusing. I was inspired to make a call to action video about it (which also dives into problematic “cute” videos), which I’ll be linking if anyone wants to watch it. But more importantly…

www.kcactionforanimals.com for ways to contact store owners and examples of what to write to them.

www.smaccoalition.com to learn about red flags for animal abuse on YouTube

And https://youtu.be/V_ZpOdkHatY?si=oQHVObbpIQYFKJRy for my video on the subject ❤️

THANK YOU!!!

Does Florida, US allow the use of live animals for testing?

Came across a cme4u congress meetings and education that hosts medical events and they use live animals for surgical procedures to showcase products.

I’m sick to my stomach, I know there are veterinary schools who perform surgeries on animals that essentially lead to their death.

Idk I’m just so disturbed right now, I wish we didn’t live in a world that treated sentient beings so cruelly.

The case for not eating beef, pork, and poultry seems obvious to me. Keeping cows, pigs, and chickens in miniscule cages; force-feeding them garbage; not letting them see the outdoors their entire lives; keeping them diseased and in excruciating pain; only to prematurely slaughter them for the good of humans who don't even need their meat anyway, is grossly immoral. So immoral that it could reasonably be called the worst atrocity in the world today. Therefore, it is highly beneficial on both an individual and collective level to push for lower consumption of these animals' meat. (And that's not even getting into the pollution, the impact on climate change, or the negative health effects on humans caused by factory farming.)

That being said, I am less convinced of the case against eating fish. Granted, I haven't done a lot of research, but based on the few articles I have read, it doesn't seem like a farmed fish leads a much worse life than a wild fish. A fish spends its life in the water no matter what, eats essentially the same things no matter what, and usually dies after being killed by a predator (whether that predator be a shark, a bigger fish, or a human). Maybe you could argue that farmed fish are in a more crowded pool than wild fish, or that a closed pool is more limited than open rivers and seas. Yet, it is not obvious to me that being in a smaller or more crowded space would make the fish's life qualitatively worse. Frankly, I have no idea what makes a fish happy or sad, or if fish even have those emotions in any sort of way that a human could recognize. At least with other mammals, we have a rough idea of what would be good for their welfare based on our own experiences. But for fish welfare, we're really grasping at straws regarding how much fish are morally worth, or -- more to the point for this post -- how our actions could improve fish's lives even if we wanted to do so. (The same could be said of other, more fringe animal welfare causes like shrimp and insect welfare.)

Am I wrong? Is there some reason to believe that farmed fish live worse lives than wild ones? Are there any other large-scale problems caused by aquaculture that I'm not considering? Should animal welfare advocates endorse pescetarianism instead of pure vegetarianism?

Since 2nd of August, there is a new law regarding the street animals in Turkey, the street animals, who may be considered as "sick" (even if the sickness can be treated) or "agressive" will be killed. The local municipalities have started collecting the animals and killing them brutally. On the same day, the Instagram is banned throughout Turkey to prevent people spreading the news about brutality. On 6th of August in Nigde (a city of Turkey), a mass grave was found. The animals, some cats and mostly dogs, were buried alive. On 8th of August in Altindag (a county of the capital City Ankara) another mass grave was found. Within less than 48 hours, a lot of dogs were beheaded and torn apart, some of them even were sexually harrassed, the others were put in sacks and buried alive. Some of the animals were less than a year old. We kindly ask for your help to spread the the news about animal brutality around the world, since the people in Turkey are helpless, the government is banning the social media and the press is in total control of the government.

I am conducting an IRB-approved research study on moral injury among animal care workers with the aim of improving our level of understanding and care for people who are exposed to animal-related traumas and loss.During the first wave of collecting survey responses, we met the minimum number of respondents needed, but would love to make these results event stronger. In order to do so, I need your help!If you work in animal care and have not yet completed this survey, please consider doing so! The survey will close at the end of July (gift card winners will be drawn and sent their gift cards at this time, too).Insights and results from the study will be ready and will begin to be disseminated in September. I can't wait to begin to share these results and to continue to develop resources for those that do this work!Thank you for giving your time and sharing your experience to help make this successful and to contribute to well-being in our field!Take the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/63ZFLXS

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🩵 At the moment, the Irish government is imposing a ban on XL Bully dogs. If you love dogs, please consider signing the petition to extend the rehoming of XL Bullies (and other bully breeds) this October!

🩵 “From October 1st 2024, new regulations will prohibit the importing, breeding, selling and REHOMING of XL Bullies.” Due to the vague understanding our government has about the XL Bully, it’s EXTREMELY likely that any large bully-type dog will be affected. Unfortunately, this will probably include breeds such as American Bulldogs, Pit Bulls, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, AmStaffs, several breeds of Mastiff, along with any visually-similar mixed breed.

🩵 Hundreds, if not thousands, of innocent dogs will be euthanised in shelters this October. If you agree with other aspects of the ban, so be it. But the mass euthanasia that is about to take place is completely unnecessary and cruel. Shelters in Ireland do a fantastic job at rehoming rescue dogs and specific breeds to appropriate and responsible homes. There is simply no need to force shelters to euthanise these rescue dogs when there are experienced people willing to rehome and train them.

🩵 Please sign the petition and share with your friends & family to save our shelter bullies! Thank you and have a wonderful day x

SIGN THE PETITION HERE