Exactly. That's why I seldom watched & didn't much care for the programs done by the late Steve Irwin- it wasn't that he wasn't very personable & fun to watch, but he'd talk about a species being protected, then catch one (for what purpose?) & take it back to mess with on camera- & did it ever make it back to the wild? Or back to exactly where it had been collected? If the right things were done, it was never made clear as it should have been, thus I considered that he mostly set a bad example, just for ratings on a tv show.Originally Posted by Malum Argenteum
(Sorry for all of you that were fans.)
The more we (those that care about herps & their continued survival) turn a blind eye or don't think critically about the impacts being made with these kinds of shows, the worse the future looks for them. Most wild creatures are living "on the edge" (ie. barely surviving), which is why being chased or handled by humans for the fun of it can result in their death- it doesn't take a lot of stress to be cause huge impact in their lives- they're just not as tough as we like to make them out to be. They have many unseen factors working against them, including poachers, pollution, parasites, diseases, predators, climate & loss of habitat, & insufficient prey due to various factors, & they do best without humans hanging around.
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