On the first 4 days of WWII in 1939, over 400,000 dogs & cats—¼ of London’s pets—were killed for fear of food shortages. More than 750,000 pets would be destroyed during the war. Meanwhile the Battersea shelter’s 4 full-time staff cared for 145,000 dogs. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cani...
A nearly forgotten history of how British governmental recommendations resulted in the euthanasia of 750,000 pet dogs and cats during WWII.
Humans avoid heatwaves with air conditioning, but animals cannot. We skirt flood and fire by driving to safer ground, but animals cannot. We protect our lungs from smoke by donning masks and staying indoors, but animals cannot.
Hello from Kruger National Park in South Africa where we are seeing awesome things but my creative process is being restrained. You have to be quiet when you see big cats, so I was forbidden from singing “can you feel the love tonight” to these fucking lions we saw
Willingness to kill animals has become “a kind of right-wing purity test.” newrepublic.com/post/186374/...
What is it with Republicans and dog killing?
The pain and trauma you've suffered are not your fault. They are also not an excuse to be cruel.
At least it's a better song than “Billy, Don't Be a Hero”
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They were called E ticket rides in those days.
Unaffordable pricing is ruining the simple pleasure of an American vacation. youtu.be/uP1dSHigC-Q
YouTube video by The Onion
“Research revealed that officers lied about the existence of evidence in nearly one-third of interrogations. In another survey, 92 percent of police interrogators conceded to using the false evidence ploy.”