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[lupagreenwolf]

Spirit animal, or innocent victim? - GREAT post on not mistaking the map for the territory when it comes to totemism and other forms of animal spirituality.

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[moonvoice]

I have no words for how epically wrong and unethical this is. I don't even like taking long-term, domesticated animals with me on things like that. I keep them well out of my shamanic business.

Moet is a cat who needs food, shelter, stimulation, love, vet bills, and to not be used as a shamanic vehicle without his consent. And if I can't get his consent in a concrete way, then that's that. Domestic Cat can approach me hirself, and I can take the totem with me, but Moet? No.

That poor bird. :(

[teacup_werewolf]

This is why I prefer working with the remains of animals than live ones...

Selfish humans. Shameful

[of_carabas]

Man. How entitled do you have to be to see a wild animal in trouble and think about what it can do for you?

This isn't an attack, no matter the tone

[thelettuceman]

If the book in question that this author is reading is the one I'm thinking of, I own it. In the Northeast, we have a lot of issues with homeless, abandoned, or injured wildlife that most places will not simply take because they do not have the funding to rehabilitate it. People can hide behind the blanket laws claiming that accepting a migratory bird is illegal under the US law, but if the place is not willing to take it, what do you do? Accept it and care for a living creature, or allowing it to die because no one wants to? I understand that people will argue that in the natural world, it will die and to leave it at that. But could you