Animal Hoarders AZ

[ahunt037]

Well i guess the Animal Planet made its way to a mobile home in Northern Arizona today and even though i hate alot of the shows on Animal Planet this show actually did some good. check out the story and tell me how u feel about it thanks for looking!

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articl...escue0822.html

[Foschi Exotic Serpents]

" four pythons between 11 and 16 feet long and two sickly collared lizards. Three of the snakes are reticulated pythons, which Johnson called the "world's lousiest pets."

What a horrible thing to say!

"According to Johnson, it would take about 240 pounds of rabbits each month to sufficiently feed the four pythons."

I think that is stretching it just a bit..

"He said the reptiles also needed more exercise and access to sunlight and water"

Water, yes. Sunlight, no. Exercise??

I applaud the fact that these animals were saved. I'm appalled at the ignorance of the reptile experts involved.

I won't watch AP. Period.

I've been boycotting them for about a year now. I don't care if my favorite dog is on a show on there, I won't support even one show because that keeps the those fear mongers in business.

[adamjeffery]

animal planet seems to be owned by peta lately
......what a joke that channel has become

[Bruce Whitehead]

Badly written and full of misinformation... I think we call that the media where I come from.

Bruce

[Kinra]

I honestly think the Phoenix Herpetological Society needs a new president because the one they currently have is horribly misinformed.

[Kinra]

I just found this video about it. I don't think it's much better than the article though...

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...TVK?&hpt=hp_c2

[Lopezxx2]

I watched this last night and agree with you guys on this Herp Society. It was good that this guy was willing to give them up for the good of the animal but these guys are ridiculous. I dont like animal planet anymore unless The Crocodile Hunter is on.

[Highline Reptiles South]

AP blows. Looking at the video i'm uncertain of how underweight the snakes actually were. Without being able to see with my own eyes i certainly don't trust AP and their agents to accurately describe anything to do with herps...

[wolfy-hound]

The one ball python looked somewhat thin. Neither of the giants looked underweight, much less "40 lbs" underweight. The albino might have stood a little more weight on it but it was not grossly underweight, and looked awfully dry faced for a URI.

240 lbs of rabbit for FOUR giants?? What are they feeding?? If they even try to feed that much then they are making grossly obese animals.

I personally think they are full of it. The article did mention that he'd had animals dropped off by other people, so he probably has a lot of rescued animals that would come in in lousy shape to begin with.

Animal Planet is practically run by HSUS and PETA now. They constantly present every member of the public as a horrible person who will neglect any pet they own. It's pure garbage!

[CoolioTiffany]

I don't like AP either, nor the Herp Society. I stopped volunteering there a looong time ago.