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They can still bark, or at least the one dog I’ve met that had it done to it could, it just sounded more like a cough than a bark.

It’s often looked down on as unnecessary surgery, as it does nothing to address why the dog was barking to begin with. There are some groups that support it, as it can be looked at as something that can allow the dog to be out in public without being considered a nuisance or as a procedure that can prevent the dog from being put down.

He’s got great taste in animal friends! 🦉

I can’t say I really find fault in what they did here. I’m against a lot of the calls for violent and destructive behavior that has become a daily thing on Lemmy, but from a quick reading up on Streeting, it sounds like other more peaceful means have been ineffectual over the last year+.

Reading TBB’s info, they seem to only support limited damage of property of specific individuals that are causing them to have lives ruined or ended due to a denial of necessary services for political, not medical purposes. Streeting refuses to meet and talk with pro-trans groups, while finding repeated occasions to meet with extreme anti-trans organizations.

As someone in charge of providing health services to the public, Streeting is not serving the people he is sworn to protect and is actively contributing to their harm. Having a window broken, while properly not a legal response, is still significantly less damaging than what Streeting is contributing to. When you leave people with no legal course of action, then they are only left with illegal means of being heard, so he has made things like this inevitable. That the trans activists are limiting themselves to the minimum of disruption while their people are dying says a lot to their patience and reluctance to cause the same harm directed toward them.

For a successful movement, there will always be necessary a group of people being civil, but also a group willing to go to the next level for making those that want to ignore their peaceful voices and to show people cannot just trample all over them. I won’t call it a necessary evil, because I don’t think it is malicious and unrestrained. It is simply people becoming more desperate due to a situation they’ve been backed into.

I was also a bit surprised as someone just learning about Wes Streeting (I’m not UK) that he is an openly gay man who has done a lot to support LG and presumably B, but not the T communities in the past. If it isn’t too off topic or inflammatory to get into, can someone give me a brief explainer why he would be anti-trans? I know trans isn’t the same as gay, so is this just the male version of being a TERF or is there more to it? If this is just ignorant, please ignore this paragraph.

I’m sorry you have to deal with such things for no reason. 😔

I hadn’t heard about the pepper gun before, and that looks like a great idea to have something you can carry and use in a consistent manner every day. As you said, finding something in your bag is difficult or pulling something smaller out of a pocket which may be facing any which direction, including at yourself, and it will be even trickier in the heat of the moment.

I’ve always heard you should buy at least one extra so you can test it and familiarize yourself with it. Different brands and designs spray different distances, and in different patterns and will be affected by wind differently, especially considering sprays vs gels. It would probably also be wise to learn how to treat yourself in case you receive any blowback from it or catch a friend or bystander.

I heard recently on a podcast about protests that different sprays and contact lenses can be a serious danger, and they advised to wear glasses if they think you may be exposed, so that may be another thing to consider if you’re choosing pepper spray as your defensive tool.

As always, do your own research and determine what you feel comfortable with, you want something you know you can count on to work and that you will be able to use safely should the need arise!

Stay safe and be proud of yourself for who you are. You aren’t responsible for other people’s behavior, just be mindful of your surroundings and trust your instincts if you feel a situation is bad. ❤️

Give them a good shake! Bring a friend!

Is it just me, or does this look like he has no legs? The bed looks too smooth.

They are super cute! We’ve got 2 at the clinic now just a smidge bigger than these.

They got to do a cute Easter egg hunt enrichment yesterday, of course not when I was there. 😒

If he’s going after people with horrible agendas that also sexualize children and bomb stock prices, I bet he can’t wait to go after this guy:

I’m glad! I hope you keep reaching your goals.

I don’t really know anything about this subject, so I clicked to see what HRT actually does, and your pics totally blew me away!

The ones in this post are outstanding enough, but the even older pics in your link to the present are mind blowing.

Honestly, I think you were good looking at every step, and I’m glad you are getting to be the you that you’re meant to be.

I hope none of that came off ignorant, as I said, I don’t really know the proper way to talk about this, but my intent is to be 1000% positive for you.

Makes sense! Thanks for helping me understand. I’m glad drag has some good friends drag can be drag’s self with!

I’ve been thinking about that since I’ve been seeing drag’s frustrations on here. Is this the only place Drag gets to be Drag? I would think it would be even more frustrating IRL, so that makes me feel bad when people here give drag crap about it. This can’t be the most outlandish thing people encounter online, so I don’t know why it’s such a big deal for some.

One thing I’ve been unsure of yet is if it’s ok to use capital D Drag as drag’s proper noun, like calling someone named Jonathan John for short?

Glad to hear it! I like seeing drag’s name pop up in different places, so I’ve got drag’s back! It makes me smile seeing drag persist, when I know it has to be taxing at times.

I don’t disagree with respect regardless of pronouns. That was much the point I had intended to make. I just wished to emphasize that drag deserves respect.

The word “request” was also meant literally, as drag politely asks everyone to use drag’s pronouns when they ask drag about it. Drag doesn’t come at anyone harshly or give any reason or even show the slightest impatience, just mild confusion why anyone takes issue with it.

I do not have much experience with people using anything besides he/she/they, but if you are, I will always let you fill me in on my mistakes. I’m coming with friendly intent, so no need to be harsh, just let me know!

It’s funny seeing people get so worked up over drag.

When you think about it, it’s likely we speak different to at least some extent to almost everyone we talk to. We have our own internal dialog. We talk to our significant other different than we talk to strangers. We talk to kids differently. We talk to pets differently. Even between friends, there’s one friend you joke about X with and another you call Y as a nickname. But somehow when someone asks to be called drag, the system breaks down.

After I first got exposed to the way drag’s pronouns work, I wasn’t sure if it was a joke or attention thing, but after seeing drag around for a while, other than the pronouns, the comments are really normal stuff. So as long as drag is being thoughtful, considerate and friendly, I see no reason not to accommodate drag’s request. I’m not sure if I’ve totally got it 100%, but I’m giving it my best!

Of course! And I don’t want anyone to feel bad or anything like that for enjoying the pics. I enjoy them too. They are super cute.

In researching owls for you guys every day though, I also read way more unfortunate stories than I’d like, and things like this, animal cafes, circuses, private zoos, and just plain keeping wild animals as “pets” or using them as props or parts of costumes are important things to discuss, but since this group of ours is mainly for fun, I’m not sure if this is the right venue for discussing and debating these things.

I just want to know for myself that whatever I share is both factual and that the animal is being properly cared for if it’s captive or left be if it’s wild. And all you guys really seem to care about them as well, so I want you all to be able to make informed decisions as well.

So again, no issues with anyone enjoying the pics of this owl, but I think it’s important everyone knows this is a real owl entrusted to a person’s care.

Just realized I replied to aww instead of the Superbowl cross-post, so my reply may have sounded a tad snooty out of the context there.

No snootiness was inteded!

No, this is real.

I was looking into this story a little bit ago and ultimately passed on it, as I think I saw some references to the owl as a pet, but I couldn’t confirm.

Some owls need to live with people in a resident care environment, and that is cool. An owl just to have an owl is a grey area to me, so I stay away from that, as I tend to lean to education and rescue with my platform here.

There are places where one could have a pet owl or go to an owl cafe, etc, but I have conflicted feeling overall about less than well regulated care of wild animals.

Bored Panda has a quick summary and big photo list and a link to the person’s Facebook if you want more.

No issues with the posting of this in general though.