Being that the "mainstream" does watch TV, and that people DO take things they see on channels like discovery or animal planet as word, I know this is true, as I do outreach and get the things said on those channels repeated back to me verbatim, It concerns me a great deal.

Its rather insulting that you would even suggest in jest that I might be "payrolled by the HSUS", as I am a long time member of KS, and a lifelong exotic keeper. I will say its great that you don't have cable. I do. I also view sticking my fingers in my ears about such things and going "lalalal - its not happening" - about stuff like this as a very bad idea.

The reason that I post these things, and this information on here is because I see this channel, that formerly took a more moderate stance on exotics and the people who keep and work with them, now amping up its approach in what seems a direct attempt to discredit and slur us as keepers and people. It even has webspace that reads like HSUS material. This is all happening during a time when we are getting a great deal of negative PR to begin with.

I think we should ALL as a community be aware of the things that are being said about us by these people.

I know they put stuff like this one the air for ratings, and I know they love free advertising when people talk about it. I STILL think there is a whole lot more to this then that though, and I feel we (the exotics community in large) are largely taking the whole thing laying down.

I guess to me, its like, are we just going to let them kick us to death while we play dead?

I believe its at our risk that we do not address and react in defense to these sort of things.

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• Animal Planet-the new enemy on the block - EricWI, Wed Oct 6 20:12:35 2010
• RE: Animal Planet-the new enemy on the block - Ravenspirit, Thu Oct 7 01:21:54 2010
• Without federal regulations.... - Ravenspirit, Thu Oct 7 01:38:49 2010
• RE: Without federal regulations.... - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Thu Oct 7 08:36:36 2010
• RE: Without federal regulations.... - Ravenspirit, Fri Oct 8 04:41:03 2010
• Python Hunters - Jaykis, Sun Oct 10 11:04:06 2010
• RE: Without federal regulations.... - CSRAJim, Wed Oct 13 20:32:44 2010
• A little more... - Ravenspirit, Thu Oct 7 01:51:30 2010
• ...fighting a losing battle... - mavericksdad, Thu Oct 7 09:00:45 2010
• RE: ...fighting a losing battle... - EdK, Thu Oct 7 11:48:19 2010
• RE: Animal Planet-the new enemy on the block - EricWI, Thu Oct 7 09:16:44 2010
• Advertising the HECK out of it too... - Ravenspirit, Fri Oct 8 04:26:53 2010
• Here it is - EricWI, Thu Oct 7 08:54:39 2010
• 23 Reptiles Make you a Hoarder... - Ravenspirit, Fri Oct 8 04:33:44 2010
• RE: Animal Planet-the new enemy on the block - EricWI, Fri Oct 8 08:34:26 2010
• RE: Animal Planet-the new enemy on the block - jscrick, Fri Oct 8 18:31:34 2010
• RE: Animal Planet-the new enemy on the block - calparsoni, Sat Oct 9 04:00:30 2010
• Hmmm..I'l politely dissagree... - Ravenspirit, Sat Oct 9 05:51:39 2010
• For some reason that got cut off - - Ravenspirit, Sat Oct 9 06:18:51 2010
• RE: For some reason that got cut off - - EricWI, Sat Oct 9 08:00:53 2010
• RE: For some reason that got cut off - - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Sat Oct 9 09:46:30 2010
• RE: Animal Planet-the new enemy on the block - jscrick, Sat Oct 9 07:31:45 2010
• RE: Animal Planet-the new enemy on the block - Jaykis, Sun Oct 10 11:13:54 2010