Animal Planet..

[zeion97]

I used to watch Animal Planet religiously when I was younger. Over the past few years, the channel has taken a dive and gone into an area of "entertainment" I do not care to watch. For the sake of my blood pressure and the well being of my marriage, I do not watch Animal Planet any more. I get very heated and angry when I watch their shows and my husband is wall I bounce all that off on and that's not fair to him.

What we need is more exotics-friendly shows, whether they be on cable or Youtube. The average person that doesn't keep reptiles doesn't understand that the majority of people who keep exotics are not like the people they see on t.v because the only people they are exposed to, are the ones they see on t.v. We need more media out there showing responsible owners.

I really wish there were more exotic friendly shows. Whenever I say "I own a 6 foot Burmese python" I get odd stares And on multiple occasions have had people say I need to kill it. One time I told someone "ill do that when you go home And kill your cat" people have no idea about exotics and just go off all the dramatized stories they hear on the news or read online. I really wish there were shows that showed the good aides of exotics and not the bad. I try my best to educate people ob the truth, but the truth is, we can't teach people who are unwilling to learn.