Get ready to cancel your Animal Planet station...

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Originally Posted by BiggBaddWolf

And we tend to have a coronary whenever the people who want to get rid of our snakes post misinformation!!!:rolleyes::rolleyes:

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"KILLER ALIENS

World Premiere Sunday, March 14, from 8-10 PM (ET/PT)

Welcome to America's invasive species ground zero: Florida. The Sunshine State is overrun by giant rats, lizards, feral hogs and lethal pythons-non-native species that have been imported by humans. Once released, these foreign invaders wreak havoc on a land that is not their own. With no natural predators, their populations continue to spread throughout the state. The front lines are expanding, and no one knows where they are headed next."

Lethal? Lethal to whome?? Well are we going to be talking to these people now too? It seems we need to start focusing more on the media and less on our senators. These are the people who will convince the general public of these lies. Since everything you see on TV is always the truth ya know :weirdface

The thing is.. In reality the burmese are the only animals out there aside from the alligators that can help control the problem of feral pigs and gambian pouched rats. Those darn gambians are part of the reason we can no longer have ASF's brought into the USA anymore..

Steve Irwin is rolling over in his grave right now. Man I wish we still had him around to help clarify things.

With this subject I look to Darwin. Survival of the fittest. If you take on more than you can chew, ignorance is not an excuse. We're animals just like them and the second we act too "human" and they take advantage of that opportunity, it's our fault not theirs. People go to work and are more at risk for death there than if they owned a cobra. We all make our own choices and should be allowed to suffer the consequences.

With the programming they have now and with these upcomming shows they should be called HSUS TV.

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Originally Posted by snakemastercanada

With the programming they have now and with these upcomming shows they should be called HSUS TV.

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They should be renamed to "H$U$ Propaganda Planet".

i get what everyone's saying about sensationalism... i really do, but that's everywhere in TV, people understand that - even non-reptile people believe it or not.

but, i don't get how this goes against what we (as herp keepers) stand for... exotic pet ownership IS dangerous many times. big cats, primates, large constrictors, and venomous animals really should not be kept by the vast majority of the general public... i don't know how anybody could dispute this fact?

the fact that so many people don't see a problem with all the dolts that own big varanids, large constrictors and venomous snakes is an issue in and of itself... you let your guard down, you get hurt or killed. that's not to say that no private citizens should have them, but most should not.