Horror...

oorzaak: indoctrinaties.
aka #carnisme

Ik ken persoonlijk weinig echt slechte mensen, zelfs oa mijn vleesetende ouders zijn doodbrave mensen. Wel zovelen die slechte dingen doen, maar insé niet slecht zijn.
Ken je het experiment van #Milgram? Dat is zo'n eye-opener tot wat 'goede' mensen in staat zijn, ja ook slachthuiswerkers.
Ik geloof zo hard in goed én kwaad in ieder van ons. In wisselende evenwichten wat de overhand neemt....

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#animalcruelty #animalrights #vegan

Bipartisan War on Marine Mammals

"As with most things that are cruel and stupid in this country, you can find Donald J. Trump at the heart of this agenda. When he took office for the second time in 2025, Trump also appointed all of the new members of the Endangered Species Committee. Overnight, he transformed the institution from one tasked with protecting rare animals to a death panel aimed at exterminating them—and no creature is in his crosshairs more than Rice’s Whale."

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-bipartisan-war-on-marine-mammals

#Biodiversity #EndangeredSpecies #Conservation #MarineMammals #OceanProtection #AnimalCruelty

Thirty great medieval epithets for people and beasts

Why do we say a gaggle of geese, a flock of sheep, a pride of lions or a swarm of bees? Well it harks back to medieval times when sportsmen grouped together collectives of beasties to refer to them in movement or attributing a quality to them – presumably while the poor creatures ran away in terror from their sounding trumpets and dogs in chase.

And so began the tradition that animals were distinguished by their own unique epithet. Attributing the wrong epithet to an animal was akin to social suicide in those days. It was a way for the posh to recognise those who came out in yesterday’s wash.

Although a lot of these epithets are now obsolete, they come in and out of favour. It’s hoped by adding them here that they return into use in some miraculous way.

• Lepe of leopards

• A bevy of roes
• A sloth of bears
• A singular of boars
• A sounder of wild swine
• A route of wolves

A rag of colts

• A stud of mares
• A team of oxen
• A tribe of goats

A skulk of foxes

• A cete of badgers
• A richesse of martins
• A fesynes of ferrets
• A nest of rabbits
• A clowder of cats

 a kindle of young cats

• A shrewdness of apes
• A labour of moles
• Two greyhounds were called a brace, and three a leash
• Two harriers or spaniels were called a couple.

Men’s traditional occupations also had epithets…

• A state of princes

A skulk of friars

• A skulk of thieves
• An observance of hermits
• A safeguard of porters
• A stalk of foresters
• A blast of hunters
• A draught of butlers
• A temperance of cooks
• A melody of harpers
• A poverty of pipers

• A disguising of tailors
• A wandering of tinkers
• A fighting of beggars
• A blush of boys
• A bevy of ladies

Via the fascinating Chambers Book of Days