Mel Alves ⓥ

For it is the ego that leads man to believe he is the superior species, but he is the only species with an ego. #EndSpeciesism #LiveVegan ✌️ Vegan since '99 🌱

[Mel Alves ⓥ @MelatoninMel]

"People first resorted to eating horse & donkey feed, but that’s gone. Now they’re eating the donkeys & horses. Some are eating stray cats & dogs, which are themselves starving & sometimes feeding on human remains..."–Susan Abulhawa's first-hand testimony from #Gaza #GazaFamine

[Johnny Oberg @JohnOberg]

Instead of being with his mother, this poor baby has been taken away at birth... and is now getting fed instead by a ROBOT. 💔

He deserves to be with his mom, not a robotic arm. 😢

This is the dystopian future we create when we consume animals and their #milk.

[Mel Alves ⓥ @MelatoninMel]

🚫 #DoveRelease

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

A "dove release" at a wedding or funeral is a death sentence for the birds.

The white "doves" sold for releases aren't doves. They're domestic pigeons bred to be small and white, and they have no survival skills outside a coop.

DIY releasers often buy white Ringneck Doves or King Pigeons, which have zero ability to navigate home. Nearly all of them die.

Even professional releases with trained homing pigeons kill birds. Hawks take them in the air. Cars hit them when they land exhausted. They collide with windows. They get lost and starve.

Rehabbers pull them in with broken wings, broken legs, raging trichomoniasis, and bodies so emaciated the birds can barely stand.

One rehabber described treating a white pigeon from a release whose throat infection had hardened so completely it distorted the shape of his skull.

There is no version of this tradition where the birds "fly away and live happily ever after." That's the marketing story. The reality is that you paid to traumatize and usually kill a domestic animal for a 15-second photo moment.

If someone you know is planning a dove release for a wedding, funeral, or celebration, tell them. Bubbles, sparklers, dried flower petals, or ribbon throws all photograph beautifully and don't kill anything.

The birds are not props, they are live animals that need proper care.

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

Autumn Durald Arkapaw becomes the first woman ever to win Best Cinematography at the #Oscars

She wins for her work on ‘Sinners.’

[Tenacious @TenaciousBit]

@PopBase The “FBI Agent” trying to break Luigi out

[Mel Alves ⓥ @MelatoninMel]

#ClaudetteColvin 🕯️🕊️🤲

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

We honor the life of Claudette Colvin, whose courageous refusal to surrender her seat as a teenager in Montgomery, Alabama was one of several acts of resistance that challenged segregation before the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Ms. Colvin later became one of the plaintiffs in Browder v. Gayle, the federal case that reached the Supreme Court and led to the end of bus segregation. Her life reminds us that progress is shaped not only by moments, but by sustained courage and truth. May we honor her legacy and continue the work of justice.

[Johnny Oberg @JohnOberg]

Take a moment to take this in. This is a baby male chick.

Fully conscious, he is about to fall into a macerator to be ground up alive.

Why? He's male, so he's "useless" to the Egg Industry.

This is standard practice and happens to MILLIONS every year. 😡 #BoycottEggs

[Mel Alves ⓥ @MelatoninMel]

@BumbleBritches7 @TrevesStudios @Mollyploofkins I counted 13 stripes.

[Mel Alves ⓥ @MelatoninMel]

#Sumatra 🪓

[Indonesian Pop Base @iPopBase]

Sumatra deforestation shot by Mike Holston.

[Mel Alves ⓥ @MelatoninMel]

@marlahohner @nypost Definitely a click-bait article. I did find it interesting that he got fired from his role as a teaching assistant from the Instituto Superior Técnico.

[Mel Alves ⓥ @MelatoninMel]

@MASTERDOC25 @AP In the video, he said this species was very similar to Plateosaurus. But he didn't go on to mention what species this was 🤔

[Mel Alves ⓥ @MelatoninMel]

#MedicalApartheid 📖

[Redd Legend @ReddLegend]

@AfricanArchives : Recommend reading...

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Dolphins are vanishing. For some species, fewer than 100 remain in key rivers.

Take, for example, Irrawaddy dolphins, known for their rounded heads, “smiles,” and rare cooperation with human fishers. They are sliding toward extinction.

In Myanmar's Ayeyarwady River, these dolphins actively assist cast-net fishermen by driving fish schools toward the nets and signaling readiness with distinctive tail splashes—a learned tradition transmitted across generations from mother to calf.

Beyond this remarkable symbiosis, Irrawaddy dolphins enrich local cultures through folklore, bolster ecotourism economies, and foster profound emotional connections in riverside communities. However, the species is classified as Endangered by the IUCN, with key freshwater subpopulations in the Mekong, Mahakam, and Ayeyarwady rivers each comprising fewer than 100 individuals—critically endangered remnants vulnerable to entanglement in gill nets, toxic pollutants, electrofishing, dams, and vessel strikes amid intensive human use of their habitats.

Efforts to avert their fate—shared with the extinct baiji of China's Yangtze and the perilously rare vaquita of Mexico—are intensifying. In Indonesia's Mahakam River, conservation teams deploy acoustic deterrents on nets to alert dolphins, conduct community education, and patrol to confiscate illegal gear. In Cambodia, advocates completed a 120-km swim down the Mekong to promote awareness and funding, advocating for enforced no-net zones and sustainable livelihoods for fishers. A brighter outlook emerges from Bangladesh's Sundarbans mangroves, home to around 6,000 dolphins, where sustained community-driven safeguards provide optimism.

Preserving Irrawaddy dolphins transcends mere species protection; it safeguards irreplaceable cultural legacies and the deep bonds between people and these cherished animals, whom some locals revere above all else.

[Augliere, B. (2025, May 15). *The world’s “sweetest” dolphin is facing extinction—but it’s not too late.* National Geographic]

[Sherry Miller @PicklesMil]

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If you provide or want to provide shelter for outdoor cats, please remember that straw makes the perfect insulation inside of them in winter.
I'm not speaking of the store bought insulated heated shelters with plug-in heaters, I'm speaking of the homemade tubs/bins that people make.
Depending on the severity of winter temps where you live, even the store bought insulated, heated shelters may need extra insulation.
It's best not to use towels, blankets or beds when the weather is cold and damp, as the material absorbs moisture from the air and can freeze solid. Cats can fall asleep on these and freeze to death.
If you cannot bring them in, making them a bin with straw can save their lives in brutal winter weather.
Feeding high calorie food, like kitten food that is naturally high in calories, helps them to maintain their body heat. They burn a lot of calories trying to stay warm.
Please help a stray if you can🙏
Remember, hay is for horses...Straw is for Strays. 💞❄️🥶🌨️
#KeepCatsWarm

[Richard Bowler @RichardBowler1]

After seeing a rather disturbing video of a certain North Wales farmer beating to death a trapped rat in a feed bin with a sauce pan for clickbait. I thought I'd show the other side of rats, caring and intelligent, if only we took the time to observe.

[Mia Tretta @mia_tretta]

I was shot at a school shooting at 15. Last night spent locked down at my university while learning of casualties & the many injured. This is not how I imagined life when I was little girl. I miss that carefree child I once was. Thinking of the many affected #BrownUniversity

[Mel Alves ⓥ @MelatoninMel]

#Mici 🐻🤎

[FOUR PAWS UK @FOURPAWSUK]

Two weeks ago, Mici’s life changed forever! 🐻
Rescued from captivity at a restaurant near Bled, Slovenia, she arrived safely at BEAR SANCTUARY Arbesbach, and now, she finally has the chance to live the life she truly deserves. 💚

[Mel Alves ⓥ @MelatoninMel]

#Kshamenk 😭🤍🖤

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

🚨BREAKING: We are heartbroken to share that Kshamenk, Argentina’s last captive orca, held at Mundo Marino, died this morning. 💔🐋

After more than 30 years in captivity, Kshamenk’s life was marked by isolation and suffering. While this loss is devastating, we take some solace in knowing that he is finally free.

More information to come.

Rest in Peace, Kshamenk. 🙏🌊🐋

Photo by: @wearetidebreakers

🌍👉 @worldanimalnews_ @peace_4animals
#WorldAnimalNews #EmptyTheTanks #Orcas #Animals #ThanksButNoTanks #DontBuyATicket #KeepThemWild #Kshamenk #Captivity #Argentina #MundoMarino

[FLAVOR FLAV @FlavorFlav]

What a sad, sad 24 hours.
Brown University
Sydney Australia
Sweet 16 in Brooklyn
Michelle and Rob Reiner

As my partner Chuck D says,,, I would rather live in peace than rest in peace.

[Lib Dunk @libdunkmedia]

@AP He hurt Trump’s feelings by repeating back service members’ oath to the Constitution and now he’s being threatened with being court martialed… what a f*cking joke of a country we are

[Mel Alves ⓥ @MelatoninMel]

@ProtectTheWild_ Cruelty knowns no bounds. Every day I learn of another atrocity that I never knew existed 💔 Our species' ego will be the cause of our own demise. Signed the petition from the States. #StoptheGugaHunt