#shell-bell

[tyrantsuggestion]

it's really suspicious how ppl on here swear up and down that they aren't ableist until they come across someone with symptoms they don't like 🙄 anyways, it's amazing how well you've managed to handle this. hope you're doing okay!

Yeah honestly. It’s also hilarious that people’ll claim they’re not ableist but then use the fact that someone’s autistic and can’t understand metaphors or sarcasm to “bait” or “troll” someone lmao.

Anyways, thank you and I’ll probably keep anon off for a bit once I get back onto the computer. It’s not like anyone asked me things anyways so meh.

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

regarding the post you just reblogged, is it BAD for a dog to be dog aggressive? like, does it imply that the owners have done something wrong? ive met a few dogs like that (all small breeds) and they seemed like well-loved and cared for dogs. they just preferred humans.

Heavens no. Some breeds are specifically bred to be dog-aggressive or human-aggressive (talking about working animals here, not fighting dogs) and that does not make them bad dogs. Dogs can have shit experiences when they’re in impressionable periods, they can have neurological issues that cause aggression, or they can just straight up be traumatized. I’ll judge people for not managing a DA dog appropriately, but there’s no reason to assume that dog aggression is any sort of thing an owner is at fault for. (That being said, you can do things to cause dog aggression, like shitty management, but you can’t ever tell that from the get-go). 

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

so my friend had an unfortunate encounter earlier today.. on his way to work, he and a few others came upon a deer with an injured leg. someone called the police, and a cop showed up and shot the deer to put it out of its misery. was this the right thing for the cop to do? i feel like the deer could have been taken somewhere to heal..

It was certainly a potentially appropriate decision - I’m not sure there was any ‘right’ one. Maybe rehab could have taken it, but there are a lot of deer and only so many resources to allocate for all the animals of every species that come in. Maybe the deer could have been left on it’s own to see if it could survive - death and injury are part of nature, of course.  Without knowing how bad the injury was, it’s hard to say. The cop may have felt like the best thing to do was put it down humanely.