new show called aliens and fatal atraction

[BHB]

I sent them a message today letting them know my utter disapointment with their recent programming decisions and letting them know I will be one of the many thousands of ex-viewers that will be no longer watching their network until they begin to provide educational, factual and responsible animal programing and not the Jerry Springer shock television that they have allowed themselves to become.

Foolish behavior inspires foolish behavior and by showing only the misfits of exotic animal owners and backing it up with false information they are not only misrepresenting the responsible pet owners as awhole but also encouraging the uneducated ones to continue their misinformed animal practices and attract others to do the same.

This is shameful and quite irresponsible IMO.

Bravo Raul! If everyone did this they would see the light. It's all about rating and if they think their loyal viewers are going to leave they will go back to what AP used to be. I already have a few calls in to my people there to complain. Talk soon, Brian(BHB)

[Maurice Tebele]

yah! my 6 inch corn snakes ganged up on me and my brother and almost killed us but godzilla saved us. shows like that piss me of.in the readers digest that have the all to comon "my burmease python got in my babys crib and killed it!"story.realy, no joke coconut trees kill more people in a year than pythons have in a EVER.

[Moofins07]

.....and frankly I'm a bit disappointed that some of you are unable to draw the line between responsible pet ownership, irresponsible pet ownership and hoarding.

And what point, exactly, were you trying to make here?

[Andrew24]

yah! my 6 inch corn snakes ganged up on me and my brother and almost killed us but godzilla saved us. shows like that piss me of.in the readers digest that have the all to comon "my burmease python got in my babys crib and killed it!"story.realy, no joke coconut trees kill more people in a year than pythons have in a EVER.

HAHAHAHAHAHA THAT MADE ME LAUGH!! CORN SNAKE!! LOL.. im kind of shocked they havn't said that some one died from a corn snake with all the bs they been saying! lol

[Andrew24]

And what point, exactly, were you trying to make here?

im not the one who left the comment.. but he/she was prolly talkin bout the fatal attraction show.. cuzz they were talking about people who hoard thier reptiles on that show.. im not sure what they were trying to say. .but there is a big diff between hobby and hoarding.. hobby being much more healthy for you and your animals.. hording can be a very bad and very stressful for the animals... and the owners... and is prooven to be a disorder that some people suffer from..

[mechnut450]

wwas on tonight and i only stopped to watch it t oseeif I could id some of th reptiles. I remember the one about the Newark man.. I say it sounds like he had succumbed to the infection from the last nite..

I also find it stupid on a lot of the cases. I know i am going to get bit any day and I limit my self to he legal reptiles ( mainly ball pythons). But yeah the stories are mostly one sided.. Mom looked at me and ask does that meant your a horder since i have 18 snakes. I laugh and said no cause I am willingto give up some of the snakes in question if it came to that point.

[BOWSER11788]

yea Mechnut, it was on back to back, then on at 3am back to back, they are really pushing it, it sicl they are showing savannahs but talking about deadly Nile moniters,, its..its.. well yea

also i feel honored to have Brian from, BHB, to reply to one of my thread, lol its like famous person talking to me, compared to to a non-snakes persons movie-star just need to get Big Guns on her and this should be stickyed,lol

[reptileguy]

does anyone know a link on internet to see this show

[BOWSER11788]

i looked i cant find them but i think fatal attraction is on now, it goes off at 12, though keep a trashcan, next to you

[Skiploder]

And what point, exactly, were you trying to make here?

Watch the show and figure it out. I you can't figure it out - it's okay - judging from your previous posts I would be surprised it you can. You are after all the person who got their panties in a bunch over the Onion spoof.

Refer to my previous post regarding the two people who dies at the hands of their animals. I haven't watched the Aliens show so I cannot comment on that. If my position still isn't clear, go watch the inflatable moose and beaver show and laugh your a$$ off until you feel better.

Reading some of the comments on this thread makes me wonder what some of you are thinking. The fact is that people make it easy for sensationalist shows to exists by being irresponsible owners. Save your pi$$ and vinegar and smack for the morons who put the rest of us at risk. TV will always be TV and the fact that they are running sensationalist shows should surprise no one with a few cells banging around in their domes. It all about the ratings, stupid.

I've been at this game a long time and I've seen the loudmouth punks come and go. There aren't a whole lot of people in this hobby who have any staying power..............in that sense that show about hoarding hit a nerve from me - as did the comments from the Dr. Card regarding the need for some people to keep reptiles as an expression of being different.

A lot of people keep reptiles for the wrong reasons and convince themselves they are for the right reasons. I saw it as a breeder and I still see it today as a member of the forums and a consumer. People spend a lot of cash on these animals in an effort to attempt to be cool, to be cutting edge and to express themselves. Sadly, it's the animals who pay in the end.

So in the Fatal Attraction show which highlighted the deaths of Ms. Hall and Mr. Eaten-By-His-Monitors I was less perturbed by any perceived sensationalism and more troubled by the fact that I have seen many, many more people like the two subjects - people fascinated with collecting as many animals as possible with the sole aim of furthering their own egos through ownership of these animals.

The new Rage Du Jour on these forums is to level a bunch of misspelled words and empty threats at the various cable TV networks and printed media for airing these shows.

Yawn.

Some of you need to take a long hard look in the mirror. While there are plenty of people here who are dedicated to their animals and have a thorough understanding of the level of commitment required to keep even ONE reptile, there are also plenty of you who are here for all the wrong reasons.