Saved this drawing that I found on a shelf, kind of like the result.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!! I HOPE THIS YEAR IS JUST AS COOL AS THE PAST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, GOODNIGHT AND GOODLUCK FOR EVERYONE! :DD
Flowers grow, bloom, and then wilt, but some wilt much earlier, due to peer pressure, or problems in their lives.
Do not think you will never bloom, some take longer than others, but they will always do.
If you find yourself struggling in life, say something. Silence is one of the worst swords and shields of history, do not meet that fate.
Learn more about Yellow September in https://www.cultureforhealth.eu/mapping/yellow-september-campaign-valuing-life-in-suicide-prevention/
“But shrimp!! Kill shelters are evil!!”
No, shut up, listen to me for a second.
“Kill shelter” is a colloquial term used primarily for Town/City (aka municipal) shelters that rely on incredibly limited government grant funding to operate.
These shelters, by the very nature of their existence, DO NOT HAVE the funds to operate like private rescues do.
On top of this, they’re also *legally required* to take in ANY animal that comes to them. Even if they’re full. Or they’ll lose all of their funding.
This is what leads them to needing to euthanize for space. Is euthanizing for space sad? Yes. But due to the current crisis, it’s also NECESSARY.
These shelters are constantly overfull. They’re STRUGGLING. They don’t have the funds to operate properly. And yet these municipal, government funded, struggling shelters are the same ones that are most likely to be providing care for owned animals in the community
Municipal (“kill”) shelters are the ones hosting low cost spay and neuter clinics. They’re the ones discounting vaccination appointments and microchipping. They’re the ones that have pet food banks so struggling pet owners can feed their pets that week.
These shelters are not evil. They’re doing the absolute best they can with the bare minimum funding they get.
These people are incredibly resourceful and care very deeply about the animals in their care. It breaks their heart every time they have to euthanize an animal that couldn’t get adopted.
These underfunded shelters need your money significantly more than that fancy private rescue you see on TikTok or instagram that has a beautiful facility and has never had to euthanize an animal ever.
Support your local shelters and they will give back to the community thousand fold.
Sincerely, an animal welfare student who’s tired of seeing the hardest working professionals shat on because of circumstances they can’t control.
Tumblr today in a nutshell
(I'm going to boop more people)
Meet Sofia! Being the daughter of Catherine Blackwood and Nicodeme Savoy, Sofia is a sweet girl with a lovely personality (according to her mother) and good nature. She has an interest in bugs and general curiosity towards her father, which comes by for a visit sometimes given the opportunity to do so.
Credits to https://www.tumblr.com/foxblockshere for the first drawing, go check his art, it's lovely!
Little art I made for a Discord contest.
Inspired on a Louis Wain artpiece.
I'm in dire need of extra income as I'm being forced out of my home.
I'm offering watercolor/gouache paintings, 500 USD, with shipping included.
I can do humans, animals, furries, robots. You name it, I can do it. I paint anything.