u/nassoom

Yes abuse happens elsewhere too, but surrogacy is literally human trafficking.

The fact that they keep having to travel back and forth

• adds stress,
• cuts training time,
• cuts recovery time,
• makes it harder to focus

I don't know much about soccer but I do know those things. They were not given a fair playing field.

The US and Canada should not have been allowed to host, and other teams should have stood with Iran. Why did everyone go along with this?

Here is a video about an assault that happened at yesterday's match:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZ5pB0KyilM/

This guy talks about the same event and points out that the BBC "both sides"ed the assault:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DZ5vt1oRHEe/

I am copying my post from r/rabbits below since crossposting isn't allowed here. I will add that the lady was maybe around 30 yrs old, long straight light brown hair, very thin, probably between 5'2" and 5'5". It's been a few days though so I might be off. She has a stroller for her rabbit. I think if more than one person expresses concern to her, she might reconsider bringing her rabbit to the Arrow. I think it's important to tell her that even if the dogs don't attack her rabbit, this is still a stressful and harmful experience for the rabbit.

copied text below:

A few days ago, I saw a couple largish dogs running after a rabbit at a small park. The bigger of the two dogs kept sort of poking and trying to nip the rabbit, but luckily didn't bite. That dog's owner came and took him to the side. Then the other dog's owner also came and took him. The rabbit had been running frantically and once the dogs were gone, just stayed clamped down in the grass. To me, the rabbit looked very tense. The rabbit's owner petted the rabbit and then picked him up to pet him more, but the rabbit looked tense the whole time (in my opinion).

I went and spoke with the rabbit's owner. I didn't want her to get defensive or not talk to me by seeming judgmental or accusatory, so I tried to keep a very friendly tone and be diplomatic, but now I'm worried that maybe I was too diplomatic.

I first told her that i have a 20 pound dog that had been bitten at that same park (which is a true story) and so I was afraid when I saw her rabbit running with those dogs. She said that these particular dogs were being a bit too much but that she brings her rabbit here all the time and it's normally fine, that she is able to scan and see if any of the dogs might be aggro. I said that that time my dog was bit, the other dog literally just came up and bit her, they weren't playing together before so I couldn't have scanned for worrisome behavior.

I also did say that even if the dogs don't "do anything" like bite the rabbit, the rabbit might still be stressed because he is around a bunch of predators. This is the point that I wish I had emphasized more.

She said that this rabbit isn't like other rabbits, that he likes coming to this park with the dogs and that normally it's fine.

My guess is even when the dogs aren't chasing him like they were that day, the rabbit is not fine at all and that this lady just doesn't understand her rabbit's body language. She probably read that rabbits are "social animals" and she thinks that setting the rabbit loose around a bunch of predators 10x his size is a reasonable way to get him to socialize.

Is it possible though that the owner is right and that the rabbit actually likes hanging out with dogs? I would love to be wrong about this because otherwise I am just worried that this rabbit is going to have a heart attack one of these days.