I want to know about the orcas that are still in seaworld, Loro Parque, marineland, or any other parks. Is there any website, youtube channel, subreddit, or anything where I can find new information regarding the welfare of orcas, belugas, and dolphins in parks/zoos?

Just an intro, can skip, go to second paragraph.

My girlfriend got her first dog(a puppy) two months ago. She often refers to him as like her child, and uses that as an argument that she can treat him more like a person than a dog.

Anyway, she will often make out with the dog. Like, fully start kissing him on the lips for sustained periods of time, and of course because he’s a dog and hasn’t been trained not to lick or anything, he licks back. It’s super gross to watch, the dog’s tongue will fully be be in her mouth while she’ll be kissing him and this often continues for as long as you’d expect to make out with a person.

She also lets him hump her whenever he starts to, and is VERY meticulous about cleaning his penis every time he pees. I’m pretty sure these two things wouldn’t be considered abuse? But I’m not sure.

Please help

Side note: She’s also trying to get him to be considered a therapy animal so he can be taken everywhere with her—she has a history with mental illnesses.

FYI everyone, I'm trying to raise awareness and I do not support the way this hamster is being kept in this tiny plastic enclosure.

I came across a reel on Instagram with only 4 likes, showing a Russian woman feeding this hamster some processed ham. I honestly feel so bad for him—he doesn’t even have any bedding, and his wheel is simply too small.

I'll leave a link for anyone who speaks Russian. It would be really helpful if someone could kindly explain to her how a hamster should be kept, as this seems quite cruel.

I'm not trying to get her banned or have her posts taken down, so please be respectful—she may not know any better.

Thank you!

https://www.instagram.com/p/DBmHQmVga1Z/

Please flag this, this is so not right!!! They sell videos of it!!! It’s known this is one step away for freaks to privately request hard crush videos involving animals!!! Let’s flag it folks!!!

https://www.reddit.com/u/chrissyobxx/s/rTebLWoctC

In Winnipeg, Canada right now there are two separate cases of cat killers in the news.

One is about mutilated and murdered cats being found in the North End/Burrows Central/William Whyte/Point Douglas/Elmwood/West End areas. Here's a petition to sign, and the article links to more information about the case. Edit: Updated locations where the cats were found.

The other case involves a couple from the Lord Roberts area that had a torture website on the dark web.

I live in India and we have street dogs everywhere which form an integral part of the urban ecosystem here.

So there is a family in my neighborhood who rescues puppies from the streets, which is great, but they never set them free. Once they are inside their house, they trap them inside and they are domesticated and the once street dogs, never set foot in the outside world. They have done this for long and now the neighborhood is empty: not a single dog or pup is seen.

I thing this is totally wrong. I understand animals in the wild suffer. Nature is cruel. But that doesn't mean we should own them by force and strip them off their freedom.

You might ask me, do they not take care of these animals? Well they do. They feed them. They medicate them. But what they also do is, set a time for their outside activities (2 hrs a day) and the rest of the time they are confined in a little room where they spend their time sleeping (not even allowed inside the house bcz that is reserved for their expensive Great Dane breed).

Help me understand. Am I correct? Am I thinking right? I do want my street to have these animals roaming. I love them. We love them. And we are capable of taking care of them, just not possessive enough to confine them for protection. What to do next?

Here's a great and hilarious video that explains the situation much better than I can:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqzOAyXSJMI

Here's a link to the petition to increase public pressure on Denmark to release him: https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/freepaulwatson/

Don't let me down, fellow animal nerds!

There must be a publicly available official document laying out the meaning of "free-range" for various food products (since the whole purpose of the labelling is to inform consumers) but I just have no clue where to find it.

The only thing I was able to find was an overview of the poultry meat standards, but even that document was clearly thrown together pretty fast cos it's got logical errors in it.

Thanks so much.

Worried my neighbor is torturing small animals.

Created an anonymous account for this post:

Long story short: my neighbor is angry at her fiancé for wanting to end their relationship. To get back at him, she is threatening to kill all of their fish by throwing them out on the lawn or throwing them into the kiddie pool that is ~98 degrees Fahrenheit (fish tank is 78 degrees Farenheit). She also is in possession of a bearded dragon - my gf and I fear for its safety as well.

For context: we didn't get involved until her ex-fiancé sent me the text thread with her threats against their animals. My gf and I decided we should get involved for the sake of the poor animals. My gf went over to make sure this wasn't a case of domestic assault - it wasn't, nor did we expect it to be. We haven't seen the cops come by yet, but neither of us have seen her ex-fiancé's car, either. We have already contacted 311 and kxan investigates. We aren't sure what else to do for the safety of their animals, please DM if you have any other ideas on how we can protect these poor animals.

Hey, so the student-run eco comitee in my highschool has recently decided to introduce chickens to what was once our football field that is pretty much now just a very large empty grass-filled field.

While i'm sure they have noble intentions, the only reason they have given to why they're introducing these chickens is to have them eat the dangerous insects and arachinds that roam around.

One Rooster has already arrived, but the coop is not even done yet, it is still just a structurally unsound bamboo square fence, about the size of a small pool. They have not explained how they plan to actually feed and satiate the thirst of what will be 21 total chickens, including the rooster.

Even ignoring my fears of what potential cruel acts some highschoolers will do with them, the, by what it seens, complety DIY and unplanned way the animals are being housed and treated makes me worried about them.

Is there any way i can send this worries to the school and to the teacher that manages the comitee?

This happened locally and the local Petsmart is firmly standing beside this person. They told one of the dog's owners that the trainer would be keeping her job.

When the local news station called the store inquiring about her employment they were hung up on.

This is outrageous that a local Petsmart would stand behind this sickening abuse and killing.

Here's the article - with disturbing pics of urine burns all over a dog - please be warned it's awful.

https://mynbc15.com/newsletter-daily/3-dogs-found-in-shocking-condition-inside-mobile-residence#

I hate hearing about this kind of shit. This woman deserves harsh punishment, so please sign the petition. Details below.

"An innocent cat is dead after a woman in Watertown, NY allegedly cooked the live animal in an oven, according to local news.

The defenseless companion animal became the gruesome casualty of an alleged fight between the woman and her sister. The police report stated that the woman “allegedly placed another person’s live cat in the oven, turned the heat on, and left the apartment, killing the cat,” Adirondack Daily Enterprise reported.

This defenseless cat, a sentient creature, was a victim of a cruel and senseless act that caused them unimaginable suffering. No animal deserves to be subjected to this kind of torture.

The woman was charged with a felony for animal cruelty along with a separate charge for allegedly stealing a phone. According to Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the cat’s guardian has also filed an order of protection against the woman."