Tiger found caged in abandoned home gets second chance at wildlife sanctuary: ‘He seems to be so happy’
The estimated 350-pound tiger was transported to the facility, an affiliate of the Humane Society of the United States, on Wednesday afternoon, and is settling in well, Almrud said. There, he will have the chance to roam in enclosures of up to three acres.
Almrud, who estimates him to be about 2 years old, described the moment he first walked onto the grass at the sanctuary as remarkable.
“It was just amazing to see him walk out on grass and to see him explore and have that freedom of movement,” she said. “It was just such a reward and fulfilling to us.”
Now, he spends his days rolling around the grass in glee, Almrud said.
“He comes right up to the fence every time a staff member is present,” she said. “He seems very amenable to our presence.”
The tiger is eating well – a combination of chicken, humanely raised non-processed beef and whole prey complete with organs and bones. It appears that he was being fed chicken, which is what owners of exotic cats often feed them, but chicken alone does not provide the complete nutrition they need to thrive, Almrud said.
In addition, caregivers are tasked with keeping the tiger mentally stimulated by creating “pretend hunting” games and rotating him through different areas so he has access to new smells and environments to explore.
“He seems to happy and content,” Almrud said. “Our staff is just falling in love with him.”
Just an update! Since I got curious and the og post is from 2019.
His name is Loki now! In June he celebrated his 7th birthday at the sanctuary where he lives and thrives. Here’s a few pics of the boy:
Hey, if you get an ask that’s like “hey what do you think about The Issues?”
That’s bait. they’re trying to get you to say something they can put in a callout.
And if you get an ask that says “how can you put up with $OTHERPERSON and their $MANYTHOUGHTCRIMES?”
That’s trying to spread shit about the other person! Don’t reply to that, even if your only reply is “go stick your head in a pig”. They’re trying to get “$OTHERPERSON did $MANYTHOUGHTCRIMES” on your blog so that your followers will see it.
Chess.com: *posta lighthearted tweet asking people to give new names to the different chess pieces*
Reactionaries in the comments:
Chess.com posted tweets asking people to rename the pieces. The one for the bishop was interpreted by some people as “chess.com is trying to erase christianity” or something and they responded with a flurry of racism and antisemitism.
Also this idiot
(Chess was invented in India)
“europeans invented it” Oh so we should call it Runner or Hunter or Elephant or Gunner or Jester or Noble or
We should definitely call it the turtle because the image of a turtle zooming diagonally across the floor is very amusing.
My personal favorite the guy who tired to apply “go woke go broke” to fucking Chess, because these guys all came up through gamergate and can only handle repeating the same few thoughts over and over
Humans are funny. Every single generation they go “OH SHIT OH FUCK BREAKING NEWS. TEENAGERS ARE CLUELESS AND CONFUSED DUMBASSES WHO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY’RE DOING AND THEY’RE NOT GOING TO GROW UP INTO ADULTS CAPABLE OF FUNCTIONING IN SOCIETY, WE ARE ALL FUCKING DOOMED”, and if someone points out that hold on, don’t you have that panic every single generation, starting at latest at the dawn of agriculture, and it’s always turned out to be false?
“YES BUT WHAT IF THIS TIME IT’S FOR REAL FOR REAL.”
women’s bodies weren’t “made” to do anything, nature didn’t “intend” anything, no human action is “unnatural” and there is no inherent “purpose” to a human life
people weren’t designed to do anything because they weren’t designed at all. Hope this helps 🤩
[image description: digital art of three white chickens in a painterly style. two of them are saying “bok” at each other, while the third sits between them, looking curious with a question mark over its head.]
I know they’re named after him but for reasons I can’t fully articulate it’s hilarious that the guy who invented zeppelins was named Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin literally sounds like the joke name someone would make up if they didn’t know the actual answer
