"Unfortunately, they'll be like everyone else and take a few freak things that we all honestly agree SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED and then draw the conclusion that "exotic pets are dangerous and should be illegal"

The monitor incident is completely blown out of proportion for the program - They go as far on their site as saying "Man killed by Komodo Dragon"

http://animal.discovery.com/videos/fatal-attractions-killed-by-a-pet-komodo-dragon.html

And, from Larry King Live -

"One man's pet lizard killed him and then ate him. It's true. That fatal attraction is next on LARRY KING LIVE."

"UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Further investigation began to uncover evidence that Huff had been bitten just days before his death. In the past, he had been strong enough to fight off infections, but by the time he realized the symptoms were overtaking him, it could have been too late. The first bite might have been bad luck on Huff's part. But now he was defenseless. Ron Huff's death was gruesome. But to those who understood him, it seems to have come about because he was more concerned for the welfare of his pets than himself."

http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1003/05/lkl.01.html
(Here is the link - the animal bit is about 2/3 of the way to the bottom)

With Fred Kaufman as the series "Fatal Attractions" executive Producer, its not meant to have any other angle then pushing for a ban and calling us all sick in the head, I am sure. He serves on the advisory board of The Humane Society of the United States Hollywood Division.

Its not about fair and rounded, and its not about representing anything real. Its about animal rights propaganda, fear tactics, slamming us, and discrediting exotic keepers as a whole. They want to prevent you from keeping your bearded dragons, african pygmy hedgehogs, day geckos and chinchillas as much as they want to prevent us from having big snakes or big lizards.

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