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The Dodo is one of the few that feels legitimate to me. Most of their videos are just of animals that live with rehabilitators. I don't think I've seen any videos from them of animals in dangerous situations being "rescued". (If anyone knows anything to the contrary please share though.)

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I agree with you. Most of their stories usually span a year or two, meaning that they cannot be fabricated. The Dodo is way more legitimate than anything discussed in the article.

Not animals being attacked by other animals as described in the article, but there are loads of the sort of voyeuristic rescue videos on The Dodo:

https://youtu.be/LhBqq8kfjVc

https://youtu.be/2KqrLDj9K_Q

https://youtu.be/7ioXKtON5Ws

https://youtu.be/NzOIafUhatU

https://youtu.be/SRm3bpYO-fk

https://youtu.be/NVe6fC4Af-w

https://youtu.be/rr1x_XgA354

legitimacy is not the issue. being legit doesn't make their videos right.

"the dodo" has a video of an abused dog out there (that i am not going to link to) that has made countless of views since it came out and is still making views.

replace dog with child and that video would have gotten taken down.

You're arguing that abuse should be hidden? For many people (including myself), they first found out about terrible happenings in the world via YouTube videos, and besides this education being important for better understanding the world, it actually motivates them to do something about it.

That said, if there is a possibility that the footage has been produced by intentionally harming an animal then it should obviously be taken down - and that's what the linked article is about.

I’d argue that the success of The Dodo helps drive the success of the nastier copycats as people seek out or are recommended their content too.

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