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1. Barbara J. King (bjkingape@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 12-Apr-2024 06:57:02 JST Barbara J. King

   Thanks @nytimes for including my perspective in this piece on keeping an octopus as a pet. Octopuses are wild animals who belong in the ocean, and anyway, what message does it send to a child when a family orders an octopus online and she arrives in a cardboard box as shoes or a computer would arrive? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/us/tiktok-octopus-pet-oklahoma.html?ugrp=m&unlocked_article_code=1.jk0.DQgs.-hFwE9n7Cvs8&smid=url-share #octopus #cephalopod #animals #pets #animalwelfare #animalrights