Something is not adding up about this dude, in a "this might be a future lolcow way" and I say this having watched quite a few of his videos over the past few months. People who just want to own exotic pets can end up trying to justify it as "rescuing" animals that would otherwise be euthanized or "saving them from bad owners" to gain some moral credibility for just wanting to own a fucking toucan or hyacinth macaw or whatever.
Here is a short list of shit this guy does that just makes me extremely suspicious. I am not involved with animal care in any capacity so he may be right and I may be wrong, but it just sets alarm bells off in my head:
-Constantly feeds hotdogs to animals.
-Keeps feed out in the rain and frequently has it attracting flies and rotting
-Admittedly attracts many, many rats to his property with the way he stores feed
-Has his animals ranging in to neighbors' yards all the time. He'll mention his ducks and geese and chickens escaping their enclosures and flying into other yards almost off hand. I bet that's real pleasant to live next to
-Rotates through new animals at an alarming rate. Within the last month, he's gotten a bunch of ratite chicks with massively fucked up leg bones, tried to keep them, then mysteriously stopped featuring them in videos (read: got them euthanized) when they failed to thrive.
-Tries to correct aggression in a male rhea by alternately whacking it with a bin lid, dressing up like Master Chief, whacking it with a riot shield, and throwing it around by its neck.
-Allows said male rhea to freely wander around other animals that it could easily kill with a bite or stomp
-Puts up flimsy fencing for enclosures that said male rhea can barge through and potentially become entangled in
-Eats raw ostritch eggs and catches salmonella for the lawlz
-Spends more and more and more money on gadgets and things he needs to make the rescue run
Oh, also his latest video is 10 minutes of manic, deranged feeding the trolls because apparently someone saw these vids and reported him to some sort of authority.
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