On this day in 1916, Ota Benga, an African native who suffered inhumane treatment by being kept in a zoo, committed suicide.
He had been kidnapped in 1904 from Congo, and taken to America and exhibited at the Bronx Zoo with monkeys.
A THREAD!
❄️🩸🩸HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 🩸🩸❄️
To celebrate, I have 3 proof copies of my new chiller, THE DRIFT to give away! Described by Publishers Weekly as "a masterpiece of its kind" (Crikey)! Just RT and like to win. Closes midnight Nov 5. Good luck!
Amazon Prime to hike price.
On 15 Sept, the monthly membership price increases from £7.99 to £8.99, and annual membership from £79 to £95.
If you currently pay monthly, and want to keep it, if you can afford switch to annual now, to get next year at £79.
Pls share.
There ARE alternatives to testing on animals 👇
EU citizens can sign to ensure these animal-free tests are the future and #SaveCrueltyFreeCosmetics
https://t.co/2vskotlp1z
RT for the animals suffering in labs RIGHT NOW!
Hedgehogs hibernated early last year and I'm hearing from people all over the country that they've already started rising.
This is catastrophic!
It's far too early for there to be any natural food around so they will either starve or succumb to parasites.
Please provide food.
Intelligent disobedience in practice. On the first 3 attempts it was too dangerous to cross, on the 4th it was a bit safer.
It took over 8 minutes of waiting to cross a controlled pedestrian crossing. How would a visually impaired person using a white cane tackle this?
It should be made clear that the footage of No 10 staff joking about the Christmas party didn’t take place this week, as many people think; they’ve been laughing about it for a whole year.
1 week ago today my grandad went missing from our home together in St. Andrews. I urge anyone with any information to please contact 101. The heartbreak my family is feeling is unbearable, please help get him home.