May 31, 2012 • 475 notes • themetapicture.com

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May 30, 2012 • 400 notes • thedailywhat

thedailywhat:

This Is Also All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: On the heels of recent Humane Society undercover investigations into chicken cruelty, pig cruelty, and Tennessee walking horse cruelty, a Mercy For Animals hidden-camera operation at a livestock auction in L.A. has revealed “an ongoing pattern of cruelty, egregious violence, and severe neglect,” including:

  • “Downed” animals — those too sick or injured to even stand or walk on their own — being left to slowly suffer and die without food, water or veterinary care.
  • Sick, injured and dying animals being kicked, pushed and dragged into transport trucks to be sold and slaughtered for human consumption.
  • Workers throwing, beating, stomping on and kicking animals in the face and body.
  • Baby goats being carelessly picked up by their necks and then kicked or tossed around.
  • Workers grabbing, dragging and throwing animals by their heads, necks, ears, horns, tails, and legs.
  • Birds stuffed into bags and goats, sheep and other animals overcrowded into small pens, forcing animals to stand on and even trample each other.

After reviewing the footage, Temple Grandin, Ph.D., an animal welfare advisor to the USDA, wrote: “The handling was very rough and kicking animals is not acceptable. If this auction had been a federally inspected meat packing plant, they would have suspended inspection and shut them down.”

MFA’s exposé has prompted a further investigation by law enforcement, and seven employees and the auction’s owner have been charged with a total of 21 counts of animal cruelty. The case is ongoing.

(Heads up — footage is graphic.)

[thanks, kat!]


There’s supposed to be laws in place protecting animals from this crap, shame they never seem to be enforced properly :\ I worry about the mental state of the people who think it’s okay to do this.

May 30, 2012 • 1 note

Mary, my msn just broke :( tried to tell you in your ask box but that won’t work either so I hope you read this <3

May 30, 2012 • 219 notes • atsween
atsween: “My Hero” Sometimes Beth asks me why I love her. So I tell her, honestly, “You’re the best person I know.” I don’t just mean prettiest, sexiest, or funniest. I mean — literally — “best”. She always thinks of other people and treats them they way she’d like to be treated. She doesn’t chose to be like this. She just can’t conceive of being any other way. And she doesn’t understand why everyone isn’t like this. It’s not always easy for her. In fact, she’s gotten hurt when people don’t treat her the way she thinks people should treat each other. But she can’t stop being the way she is. Even if it would be easier for her. It’s not in her to give up. You could say she’s kind of my hero. So when I sat down to draw a picture of her (and our cat!) for her birthday, I thought she deserved to look like a superhero. Happy Birthday, honey. I love you. This is so cute! :)

atsween:

“My Hero”

Sometimes Beth asks me why I love her. So I tell her, honestly, “You’re the best person I know.”

I don’t just mean prettiest, sexiest, or funniest. I mean — literally — “best”.

She always thinks of other people and treats them they way she’d like to be treated. She doesn’t chose to be like this. She just can’t conceive of being any other way. And she doesn’t understand why everyone isn’t like this.

It’s not always easy for her. In fact, she’s gotten hurt when people don’t treat her the way she thinks people should treat each other.

But she can’t stop being the way she is. Even if it would be easier for her. It’s not in her to give up.

You could say she’s kind of my hero.

So when I sat down to draw a picture of her (and our cat!) for her birthday, I thought she deserved to look like a superhero.

Happy Birthday, honey. I love you.

This is so cute! :)

May 30, 2012 • 44 notes • dailychinchilla
dailychinchilla: Homer is waiting for people to come downstairs and pay attention to him! (via hmphpout)

dailychinchilla:

Homer is waiting for people to come downstairs and pay attention to him!

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May 30, 2012

Why the hell is it so difficult to pay me properly? I need a new job :(

May 30, 2012 • 2,924 notes • chibird

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May 30, 2012 • 2 notes • neverneverlost

neverneverlost:

Feet are so weird looking, I wish I could trade mine in for a mermaid tail. That would be cool.

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May 29, 2012

It’s not been all bad though-flamingo land was cool for mainly two reasons today:
1) I made friends with a humboldt penguin when I was pulling weeds out of their enclosure this morning. He kept charging up to me and followed me around for like ten minutes, I think he was just expecting me to feed him but it was still pretty cool.
2) About an hour after that when we were in the parrot dome, a scarlet macaw decided my shoulders were gonna be a good perch and just sat on me while I was working (well meant to be working, I kinda stopped because I was overwhelmed by how piratelike I felt having a parrot on my shoulder).

So in a way I guess that cancels out the fact that I can never stop working until this course is complete next year :)

May 29, 2012

So up until today I’ve been looking forward to half term because I thought maybe I might get a break from coursework for once-since discovered that I have three assignment deadlines and a TCA to do in the first way back. There are only four days of half term before I go to download, so I’m gonna have to spend the whole time working on said coursework, urrgh :(