First of all, I do believe in previous posts I promised to
further discuss the "2 Can TV" situation in more detail, although I can’t really
remember what I was planning to expand on. For those of you who don’t know me well, I
suffer from a chronic illness called procrastinatosis,
and I really do find it mentally exhausting to examine and discuss Afentful’s bafflingly obvious hypocritical behavior that only about one out of 200 of his followers
even recognize and then deal with his inexplicably “confused” (to put it
lightly and politely) fans and supporters. Honestly, I was planning on giving
it a rest.
But then this happened.
What in the smoldering hypocrite Hell is this? Brock acquired
another baby toucan? ANOTHER species? LESS THAN 3 MONTHS AFTER BUYING "RHIANNON"?
I’m at a loss. I was starting to successfully delude myself
into believing that Brock might be starting to develop awareness of his
contradictory behavior. I thought that maybe from now on, he’d start attempting to stay true to his word and only “rescue”
these unique animals (for toucans, this means buying birds second hand from
owners instead of breeders).
I’m still not a fan of that, because toucans don’t
need to be “rescued”. To demonstrate this, try searching for toucans that are available
for adoption via Petfinder in your area, or really anywhere. I’ll be completely amazed if you find
more than zero (of course, some are up for re-homing on Craigslist, which is the
case for literally every pet species kept in captivity unless they are ultra
rare).
But, Brock clearly has no shame, conscious, or even a basic moral
compass. Shortly after using his donators’ money to replace his non-rescued
$6500 red-bill toucan, he saw yet another species of toucan that was available
and, being the “rescuer” of toucans that he is, started shooting the breeze
with the breeder, who is Miguel Rocha by the way; a clear supporter of the
exotic pet trade Brock whines about, a (former?) co-owner of what animal rights
nuts would call a “road side zoo”, and he should be ashamed of himself for
doing business with a harmful hypocrite like Brock.
Brock tells us that he wasn’t planning on getting this bird,
but the breeder was excited to engage with Brock’s Youtube celebrity, subsequently fed his ego, and asked Brock if he wanted the
bird.
Poor Brock was put in a compromising situation! He wanted
the bird, but he’s saving “his” money that was given to him by donators to move
to a new house. So, poor Brock said, “no thanks”, I’m saving up for my
unaccredited “toucan sanctuary” (aka, an upgrade from his current quarters which appear to be a double wide trailer) and went on with his
business because it’s not like he needs
a new toucan when he barely has room for the ones he currently owns.
Wait, no, never mind.
What he actually did was cry to one of
his patrons (WAAAAHHH!! I WANT PRETTY
BIRD NOOW AND I DON’T WANT TO SPEND MY MONEY WAAAAHHH!!!), and one patron bafflingly
complied.
“Okay Brock, $6500+ coming right up! Don’t cry baby!” And
so, Brock got a shiny new baby bird to add to his “rescue”.
So basically, he’s a psychopath and a bratty, blobfish of a
human.
Who does that?
Who, after already having hypocritically purchased a shiny new baby toucan,
which is an action you claimed is bad and wrong, asks a stranger to buy you
ANOTHER one because your greedy, spoiled af, entitled behind wants to collect a
new species that isn’t regularly available? And then he has the absolute, treacherous
gall to talk down to one of his fans who questions this action as seen in the
reply below:
Transcription:
"Please remember that this channel is also about education. None of my
birds are pets. My entire life revolves around their safety and care as
well as sharing them with you guys. Ambassador animals serve a very
important purpose with what I do because it takes the pressure off of
birds like Beatrix that would otherwise be stressed out with me trying
to film her constantly for content that my viewers demand. So not only
do you guys get to see the contrast between a healthy, normally behaving
bird and a rescue- but they can also take the load off of Toupac and
Beatrix having to perform and interact for videos when each of them have
varying degrees of ability to do so. There is a huge difference between
someone like me, a keeper, and someone who expects to shove something
pretty into a small cage and leave it in a corner of their home when
they have 9-5 jobs, children, and lives to attend to. If I wasn't able
to have the birds out here (and now outside) freely, for most of the
day- I would not have a toucan. Thankfully because of YouTube I am able
to dedicate my life to seeing that they get proper care and attention.
And thanks to birds like Rhia and now this baby, I can feel more
comfortable taking in birds in the future that would otherwise feel
terrified of a strange human holding a camera and talking loudly around
them. In the future, once we move and build the proper enclosures, you
will likely see these birds the most while the more wild and traumatized
birds live amongst themselves in a large outdoor enclosure with far
less human interaction. You have to take the big picture into
consideration. I hope this helps."
What a ghastly response. Of course, one of my ultimate
triggers is someone saying that an animal that they care for, own, and live
with is “not a pet”. How f*cking stupid. Of course it is.
But Brock takes it some steps further. In order to justify
his toucan collecting, in the most condescending and smug tone, he refers to
himself as a “keeper” and suggests that he needs to buy birds so they can be
educational “ambassadors”, which makes utterly no sense, considering presenting
well-behaved toucans will make them look like GOOD pets! (Which they are!). Why
would he contradict his claim that toucans shouldn’t be pets by buying tame
babies and presenting to the public that this is the way a “healthy” toucan
should act?
By the way, I have a lot more content coming up discussing "animal ambassadors", even legit ones at licensed facilities with educated presenters, and why they are inherently conflicting. Brock however, is another level of ridiculous. He makes the other "ambassador" people look like Harvard law professors.
Brock suggests he
NEEDS to buy birds so he can show the contrast between rescues and hand-raised
babies (why the hell do people need to see that anyway?) and so that he can “rescue”
more birds…how convenient for him, considering he was planning on breeding toucans. He practically suggests that
only people milking money from Youtube should have toucans. He thinks that
living off of donations and uploading a sh*tty home movie once a week is a
career.
That begs the
question, who was he living off BEFORE he started begging for donations? What
about Ripley and the collard aracari named Zoey, who he never mentions? These
birds are in a precarious situation, being collected by jobless Brock who hopes
his generous patrons will support him and his pets for the 15+ years of their life.
I theorize at this point that perhaps, just like the cult
leader Keith Renerie who I’m watching several docuseries about, Brock is able to
deceive his fans by blatantly putting the egregious behavior on display so
that, paradoxically, it is less likely to be questioned. It’s a special kind of
narcissism where a person gets the ultimate thrill in openly lying or deceiving
their supporters only to get their unwavering loyalty in return.
As you can see in the below photo, he literally finds the
fact that he bought another toucan amusing and his fans echo the sentiment.
Brock doesn’t even appear to even have enough ROOM for
another toucan. "Toupac" is apparently cageless and sleeps on a perch. "Rhiannon"
is likely staying in the divided enclosure with the unfriendly Beatrix and
getting stressed the hell out of just like "Maeve" had endured.
Brock recently unveiled a very “meh” outdoor enclosure,
finally deciding to give his larger toucans closer to the minimum of what
reasonable owners provide, although it doesn’t appear to be a permanent living
space, so I have no idea where the new bird is staying.
Brock feels that he didn’t take away funding for his fake
toucan sanctuary home upgrade because, well, the patron paid for the BIRD.
Brock feels his fans are dumber than gravel. Why did this “patron” have
thousands of dollars to pay for Brock to add to his toucan collection but
couldn’t donate this amount to Brock’s Fake-tuary? Imagine how many animals
could have been helped with $6500. He could have transported toucans to new good homes that aren't his, but of course there's a better chance a pig will fly to Uranus before he ever does something that doesn't directly benefit himself.
As Brock has willing patrons lined up to pay for his
emergency luxuries, it is apparent that he is not currently in need of money in any way
and is lining his pockets with donations so that he doesn’t have to work (hell,
I’ve even heard from a source that he didn’t even pay for his current home, but
enough about that) and can keep upgrading his lifestyle, suckling off of his fans like a piglet or an engorged tick.
I won’t mince words here. Brock is a terrible human being.
He is the absolutely worst example of an animal “rescue” hypocrite that I’ve
ever seen in my life. He needs to go step on a heap of legos and get hang nails
on every finger.
To the “patron” who paid for Brock’s bird: I beg of you,
there are so many deserving pet owners
who fall into a bind and can use $100 or so to pay for palliative and
life-saving treatment for their pets. You can make a serious difference in someone’s life during a difficult time. That is if you actually
exist, and if Brock didn’t just use his donator's money to get another bird and
lie about it so that people keep funding his new house (which would be slimy
behavior that I would NOT put past him at this point).