Meet the Kinkajou, the Tree-Loving Mammal With an Identity Problem

What is a Kinkajou? - Kinkatopia Sanctuary in Florida

Non-compassionate self: ‘A kinkajou would be such a cute and exotic pet! They look like living teddy bears.’ Compassionate self: ‘Kinkajous are wild, nocturnal animals who belong in the forests—not in cages, passed around like toys for human amusement.’ We used to see kinkajous as adorable novelties, never questioning what it meant to take them from the wild and force them into homes they were never meant to live in. We didn’t think about their stress, their fear, or the suffering they endure in