To start reporting posts in social media with wild animals in a domestic setting

[Girlwhowearsglasses]

I’ve recently started getting a lot of these in my Facebook or instagram or twitter timeline- I’ve obviously liked lots of cute pictures of big cats and otters etc, but now a lot of the ‘funny animal’ posts are looking like they are in a domestic setting.

I’ve just had a load of ones with dog-sized cats (lynx or similar) in a house. There have been otters and monkeys too (and even though the monkeys were being rescued I think it’s still encouraging the practice)

I think I may be unwittingly driving the social media algorithm and I’m pretty sure quite a lot of people own these animals because they get social media attention… I don’t think wild animals belong in the home as pets, and even if the ones I see are well looked after, the encouragement of it is a bad idea

so I won’t be liking any of these - but should I report them….?

YANBU. I am getting lots of these as well. Always seem to be lynx, serval etc, with them snarling in a domestic setting. Wish they'd go away!

@allthelittleangelsriseupriseup yes that’s it, snarling!

Whether it's morally right or not I doubt it violates the terms of use of the social media site, so I doubt reporting would go far.

Depending which social media it is, see if there's a way to click 'not interested' (tik tok for instance has this) do that a few times and they'll soon disappear from your feed.

In many countries it's perfectly legal to own big cats as pets - in fact, it is here too as long as you have the correct licensing in place.

I'm not sure what you'd be reporting them for?

Oh I’m sure they’re legal in whatever country they’re in, that’s why I posted because I was going to report but it’s not what I’d call ‘animal cruelty’ in the immediate sense of the word. I will click on ‘I don’t want o see this’ or similar then