Fat Bear week
Fat bears are described as ‘adorable’, ‘beloved’, ‘chubby’, ‘champions’. 🐻 Stark contrast with how fat humans are mostly regarded andContinue Reading
Category: (Disabled) animals
Disability & sexual orientation in constitution (NL)
the Netherlands: Disability and sexual orientation** have been added to the constitution as grounds on which may not be discriminated.
Orthopedic support for other animals
Orthopedic support for other animals. Overview by Frank Schallmaier in De Volkskrant. LINK and credits: https://www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2022/de-schallmaier-index-orthopedische-hulp-voor-dieren~v528557/
Disabled bodies on display: dissection of ‘elephant man’
Dinner & Dissection events in UK in 2021. QUOTE“The event itself will be held in a big top tent andContinue Reading
The ‘euthanasia’ of Freddie the seal
The organisation that took care of ‘Freddie’, the seal who was attacked by a dog on the banks of theContinue Reading
Peanut the blind squirrel
Guestpost by @ScienceShaina & @Wheelin_and_Wheekin (Instagram) Peanut is a blind Eastern Grey squirrel in a precarious situation. After a traumaticContinue Reading
Book Review of Beasts of Burden (Sunaura Taylor), by Vkind
Beasts of Burden, Animal and Disability Liberation, by Sunaura Taylor is a must read for anyone interested in the intersections between ableismContinue Reading
A threat to the Animal Industrial Complex
Reversed rolls … What if we treat humans the way we treat other animals in ‘containing’ the spread of diseases?#speciesismContinue Reading
Gorillas in ‘zoo’ test positive for coronavirus
We destroy the habitat of other animals.Ship them to other continents.Imprison them in cramped spaces to have humans stare atContinue Reading
‘Face mask seagull’ in Natural history museum
Statue of stuffed seagull, ‘mondkapmeeuw’ (‘face mask seagull’) in Natural History Museum of Rotterdam. “The Natural History Museum of RotterdamContinue Reading
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