We Don't Give Uglier Animals The Love They Need — Leading to Conservation Concerns www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth... “Regardless of the threats to their survival, we love and often try to help animals we think are beautiful or cute. Others, not so much.” @discovermag.bsky.social 🐼🐸🐘🐊🦘🐠🐋🦈🦧🦂🦁🐍 - ThreadSky

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We Don't Give Uglier Animals The Love They Need — Leading to Conservation Concerns https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/we-dont-give-uglier-animals-the-love-they-need-leading-to-conservation

“Regardless of the threats to their survival, we love and often try to help animals we think are beautiful or cute. Others, not so much.” @discovermag.bsky.social
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eitang.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Dennis Leary already noted this issue over 30 years ago (No Cure for Cancer tour, 1992)
VERY NSFW for language and some unfortunate choices.
Still, you could do most of the same routine today.
https://youtu.be/IZBAtd9rty8?si=gwPN-qqiRhp7tkJ5

marriedtoamedium.bsky.social•14 hours ago

every animal is necessary and vital to earth's ecosystems. when one goes, they all begin to fall....

camille2000.bsky.social•19 hours ago

It’s a problem. Big donors tend to earmark their giving for the glamor megafauna and orgs can’t spend that money on anything else. But if they don’t push the cute, people don’t give at all.