On this 4th of July weekend, a plea to amateur fireworks enthusiasts

Please do at least consider, restricting setting off your loud fireworks to a reasonable timeframe. Not 2 or 3 days before or after THE day, for instance, or at all hours. Your loud booms terrorize both wild and domesticated animals, including, of course, those that people often refer to as "pets".

https://www.animal-ethics.org/how-fireworks-harm-nonhuman-animals/

Thank you. The end. 😬

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bijouxbroussard · F

Good luck. Where I am we’re experiencing drought conditions and everyone is stressed about potential wildfires. Private fireworks are prohibited because of it. But morons have still been shooting off fireworks since last week. The police have been arresting them and the fire department has had to put out fires. But they persist. 🙄

Grateful4you · M

@bijouxbroussard Hi hon. I personnally no longer consider myself a patriot even though I'm a direct descendent of one of Declaration sighners, I will be watching the heavily controlled display in our park from my balcony.

Piper · 61-69, F

Sorry to hear that, @bijouxbroussard. That has been the case here too, in the past. It is a grave concern, and morons is surely not too harsh a word for those who endanger the lives of others for "fun".
It has been raining where I am, finally, after a long stretch of drought conditions.