THE TALES OF A VET STUDENT

Dr. Cox to a big guy being weighed for his check-up (via blueyesblackminds)

If I could be the vet version of dr coz and get away with it goddamn it I will.

(photos via Hukulou Coffee)

No,please! My poor old heart just can’t with this!!

Animals in Quebec will be considered “sentient beings” instead of property under a bill tabled in the national assembly Friday.

Animals have biological needs, said Agriculture Minister Pierre Paradis, whose legislation includes fines of up to $250,000 for those who are cruel to animals as well as jail time for repeat offenders.

Paradis said the bill will put Quebec more in line with Manitoba, Ontario and British Columbia, which he noted have the strongest animal-welfare laws in the country.

The legislation states that

Applies to domestic and farm animals

Paradis said the act pertains to all domesticated and farm animals and certain wild animals.

Even goldfish don’t escape the proposed rules.

The bill gives inspectors the power to demand to see an animal if they have “reasonable cause” to suspect the animal companion is being mistreated.

They can also obtain a warrant from a judge to enter a home and seize animals.

First-time offenders face fines as low as $250 and as high as $250,000.

Paradis says the fines can double and triple for repeat offenders. Judges will have the discretion to sentence serial violators of the proposed law to jail for up to 18 months.

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still ridiculous. 

my favourite thing about big dogs is when you push ‘em over they’re just like 

“oh i’m lying down now! someone might scratch my stomach!!! i might nap!! endless possibilities!!!’

Whereas you push little dogs over and they’re all like “Vengeance! Death before dishonor!”

Watch: This 20-year-old’s genius invention may clean up the world’s oceans 

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Your life as a dog

Video

Traumatized dog learns to love humans again

Video

Ugly crying rn

The video, which unfortunately is not captioned,  is otherwise wonderful and talks about the rehabilitation process of undersocialized dogs, like those confiscated from puppy mills and animal hoarding cases.

While those kinds of living conditions are terrible for the animals, unfortunately many of these animals are put down because they cannot be adopted, so rehab centers like this are very important!

If you want to help the ASPCA set up more programs like this, here’s a donation link: link

“While the situation may not have been as dire as some people have made out, your decision still indicates a complete lack of compassion for the animals and your prioritisation of your own enjoyment and the promotion of your club over the welfare of these animals.

1. Your patrons were most likely intoxicated, even if you weren’t serving alcohol in the immediate vicinity of the animals.

2. The animals were subjected to an inordinate amount of stimuli (handling by the patrons, harsh flash photography, ambient noise from the surrounding nightlife), especially given the time of night. While they might be exposed to similar levels of stimuli at children’s parties, most kids don’t have parties at 7-9pm.

3. Some of the animals selected for the petting zoo was completely inappropriate given this level of stimuli. Rabbits and guinea pigs are incredibly anxious animals and become distressed at minor disturbances, it would have been far more appropriate to restrict the animals used to those larger animals that would better handle the environment. It’s unclear whose decision this would have been (yours or the business contracted to provide the animals) but once again it seems that the enjoyment of the patrons and photo opportunities were prioritised over the animals’ welfare.

4. Objections were raised before the event, and you did nothing to allay those fears. It’s only now that there has been significant backlash and damage to your image that you’re attempting to retrospectively justify the event. It is therefore inappropriate to criticise people for not “getting all the facts” when you deliberately neglected the opportunity to provide the facts before the event took place. If you had done so, the reaction to the event may have been very different.

5. The effectiveness of the supervision is questionable given the way that some of the animals in the photos are being handled. It definitely appears that photo opportunities were prioritised over the safe and appropriate care of these animals.

6. You have repeatedly emphasised the importance of maintaining civil discourse in relation to the club itself and its patrons, but have done nothing at all to address the disparaging remarks and irrelevant personal attacks by individuals defending your club. If you’re going to try and take the moral high ground and condemn inappropriate behaviour, it can’t be only when it is of personal benefit to yourselves

7. At some point you have to be mature and admit that you may have committed an error of judgement.

Tl;dr - your post does a lot to address many of the issues raised, but it was still a pretty poor judgement call to have a petting zoo at a club.”

- Comment on a statement made by Akuna Club in Subiaco, Western Australia regarding a recent publicity stunt they pulled by having a petting zoo at thier club night. 

- Statement can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/akunaclub/posts/819565208137290?fref=nf&pnref=story

- Petition here: https://www.change.org/p/western-australia-revise-the-laws-relating-to-nightclubs-and-the-use-of-live-animals-in-promotions-and-events

I don’t normally make posts like this but please help this go viral!

THE “MY DOG IS COOL” RESOURCE FOR SUMMER AWARENESS

The website mydogiscool.com is handy resource for spreading awareness about the dangers of leaving dogs in hot cars during the Summer. You can download posters, obtain specifics about what happens inside an enclosed car, get tips about what to do if you see a dog in distress, sponsor a shelter or rescue group, take the “Cool Dog Pledge,” and much more.  Please share! 

“The Holy Cow reduced to a dying scavenger There have been anti-plastic campaigns in India. At present there is a ban on plastic bags up to 40 microns in many states. But no one has focused on the hazardous effects of plastic on the animals and their right to live a life free of plastics. It is the basic right of the cow to live and graze on natural food and not have to eat garbage tied up in plastic bags. This is an acute form of cruelty. The noble cow has become a scavenger.”

The above text is an excerpt taken from the website of ‘Karuna Society for Animals and Nature’. To read the entire article, including pictures, please click here!

Not only are these bags a huge environmental threat, they end-up in the stomachs of cows, who, either because they’ve been discarded because they’re not milking at the time or because the dairy owner is unwilling to look after them, have to fend for themselves and forage for food, which, like other scavengers, they find in community garbage dumps. Owing to their complex digestive systems, these bags, which they consume whole for the food they contain, get trapped inside their stomachs forever and, eventually, lead to painful death. 

Beware!

For those of you that live in high rise buildings, please try to keep your cats off the outer window ledge!

It isn’t difficult to see the problem, the femur has fractured into about 5 different pieces. The cat recovered followed some major surgery using pins and an external skeletal fixator. 

Fucking hell!