A video of a pack of dog-identifying humans at a recent meet in Berlin has gone viral, over a hundred met up at the Berlin Potsdamer Platz railway station in the German capital.
They communicated by barking and howling at each other, the group said they do not identify as human beings and instead wish to be recognised as pooches.
Online, jeers at the trans-species folk were endless with some offering to put the herd’s “canine instincts” to the test:
“Just abandon them in the Siberian tundra and let them survive with their canine instincts.”
“I don’t see anyone smelling the tail of others.”
“Call animal control and give them their rabies doses.”
“Can you imagine when they all have to defecate?”
“But if they identify as dogs, why do they put on masks?”
“I don’t see anyone smelling the tail of others.”
“Call animal control and give them their rabies doses.”
“Can you imagine when they all have to defecate?”
“But if they identify as dogs, why do they put on masks?”
The unusual canine convention follows the viral sensation of Toco the human collie — a man located in Japan who is fulfilling his life-long dream of becoming a pooch after purchasing a $14,000 hyper realistic suit.
Experts have called for a differentiation between “therians,” people who “identify as a creature other than human,” and “furries,” individuals who enjoy cosplaying in animal suits.”