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 white pigeons bred to be small and pretty, with no survival skills outside a coop.
The cheaper DIY versions (Ringneck Doves, King Pigeons) can't even find their way home. Nearly all of them die within days.
Even professional releases with trained homing pigeons lose birds every time. Hawks take them in the air. Cars hit them when they land exhausted. They collide with windows. There are lots of ways it can go sideways for them.
Rehabbers pull them in with broken wings, raging trichomoniasis, and bodies so emaciated they can't stand. One described a release pigeon whose throat infection had hardened so completely it distorted the shape of his skull.
There is no version of this where the birds "fly away and live happily ever after." That's the marketing. The reality is a domestic animal traumatized or killed for a 15-second photo.
It doesn't have to be this way. Choose a different way and stop supporting needless suffering and exploitation. Choose compassion and be vegan ❤️
#BearWitness#MeetTheAnimal
The 2026 #MAFS#MAFSAU#WallOfShame by @NathanielBen82 nails it, especially the drawn-on penis-nose which is done so accurately, it took me a while to notice. 😂
Flashback 12 weeks, and a well known deranged far left degenerate, part of a banned terrorist organization, flew into the UK from Holland and was able to climb Churchill's statue outside parliament and deface it.
@Keir_Starmer allowed this to happen.
Yet bans patriots.
Keir Starmer:
Won't block illegal migrants boats who come to rape children and women.
Will block activists who come to criticise the way he governs the country.
This is a communist dictatorship.
Today Keir Starmer shook hands with a man who ordered EVERY police force NOT to prosecute the RAPE GANGS - because children 'CHOOSE to be prostitutes.'
Not even kidding.
Various commentators are expressing some sympathy for Keir Starmer today. No sympathy should be given. Give sympathy to the pensioners, disabled, WASPI women, farmers, pub owners, small businesses, victims of the rape gangs, the millions of people hit by the cost of living crisis - all in worse financial circumstances because of his policies. So spare me the thoughts and prayers for a controlling, visionless, heartless, petty, narcissistic, sanctimonious hypocrite Prime Minister who has caused so much damage to the country. I’m sure he will be ok when he survives on a £115,000 a year public duty costs allowance, gold plated taxpayer funded pension, book deal for his autobiography and plum job heading up a global NGO or seat on the board at BlackRock.
In his "save me" speech, not ONCE did @Keir_Starmer acknowledge the devastating impact of mass uncontrolled immigration on our country. Not once. And that is why, sooner or later, he and his party will be BOOTED out.
1,500 beagles are finally getting something they should’ve had all along… freedom, fresh air, soft beds, and families to love them. 🐶❤️
After spending their lives inside a research facility, these dogs are now getting a second chance at life — warm laps instead of cages.
No dog deserves to grow up never knowing what grass feels like or what it’s like to be loved.
Tonight, 1,500 tails are wagging for a brand new beginning. 🙏
Hey @nettermike, deleting the post was a good start. Now apologize for mocking the 30 pregnant Beagles currently riding in my van… including one mother who’s been bred over and over again for 14 years straight.
And apologize to Courtney from Big Dog Ranch Rescue, who’s asleep on the floor of this van right now while I drive 900 miles through the night because she’s exhausted after helping save and carry over 1,000 dogs to freedom.
These aren’t punchlines. They’re real dogs, and real people doing the work you could never do.