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It was just a regular old school day for me. Having to pay attention to what the teachers were saying…

Dogs do a lot of things that are pretty gross, huh? I want to give a trigger warning early on,…

I want to start this article off with an apology. I'm sorry. I've lied to you. At least, probably. Unless…

Oh, hi again! Tarro here. We've been gone for a couple weeks, but now we're back! Wow! We should be…

You know what's kinda weird? The infantilization of animals in our culture. We have these amazing, wonderful animals in our…

I turn the keys to my house and immediately hear a scamper of paws from behind the door. I open…

Today, we're going to be talking about something... scary. Something spooky. Something so outright terrifying that it might change the…

I don’t know about you, but I love to see artifacts from zoo history. I was delighted one time I…

Have you ever fired a gun? Felt the kickback in your hand as you project a tiny metal object at…

Hi there, fair warning ahead of time, this article deals with serious subject matter. If you're the type to be…

So what even is consent? I'm serious. It seems like an easy to understand thing, but for something so universally…

A few days ago, we lost a member of our community. They took their own life. It's always hard to…

Life can often get very hard. It can get hard from running into struggles on the way through it. It…

I want more zoos. I want the cool barista at my local coffee shop to have a zoo pride flag…

Hi everyone, I'm Orange and this is my first contribution to Zooey.pub, and hopefully, not my last! I'll be writing…

I've been called a lot of things since I've started this whole journey. Some of them have been good, a…

There are plenty of reasons that might lead someone to consider therapy, and plenty of ways that conversations with a…

Hi friends, let's talk about animals. I think we can all agree they're pretty damn cool. And not just Dogs,…

Fossil evidence found from the Stenian Period suggests that sexual reproduction was occurring on Earth just over 1 billion years…

I want us to imagine a man called Tommy. Tommy considers himself to be an anti-contact homosexual. He finds other…

So as particularly observant readers may have noticed, we did not put up articles last week. It was our first…

I’m an American. Where I live, spaying or neutering your dog is seen as the default—it’s as much a given…

“Had we but world enough and time,” -To His Coy Mistress, by Andrew Marvell “I don’t think it would be…

Written by Dayn (gayboidayn) Therio (θηρίον) - Greek root: An animal; A beast. ánthrōpos (ἄνθρωπος) - Greek root: A human.

Today I’d like to talk about a subject that zoos seem to have mixed feelings on the ethics of: Fencehopping!…

Friends…. Friends are something you need in life. They are there when you feel bad. You laugh with them or…

This article contains discussion of pornography. It’s not graphic, but it’s very much the central focus. Reader discretion is advised.

To the despair of the trans community, there has been a rise in anti-transgender and anti-LGBTQ legislation in recent months.

Hi there. This is the direct sequel to another article that I’ve written about grooming. The first part dealt with…

A common refrain heard from antis is that zoosexuals are taking the easy way out by loving an animal rather…

noun: grooming /ˈɡro͞omiNG/ 1. The practice of brushing and cleaning the coat of a horse, dog, or other animal. The…

As zoos, we tend to find ourselves frequently up against the concept of consent. “Animals can’t consent” is one of…

Pretty much every zoo with a public account somewhere has faced backlash about their identity in one form or another.

Warning: This article deals with potentially distressing themes. Reader discretion is advised. When I was younger, my sister decided to…

As zoos, one of the toughest things many of us face is accepting ourselves. There’s so much negativity surrounding the…

“The 7:34am train is now cancelled, the next train is at 8:06am” Oh, great… Thankfully, I’d spotted an empty seat…