Disgusted with Animal Planet

[BUSHSNAKE]

and thats pretty much why i despise those shows, theyre making the american people look like a bunch of stupid toothless hillbillies that are freeking so broke that we have to turn to catch rattlesnakes for spare change and feed on alligators and possum grits to survive...pathetic!!

[EasternGirl]

Well...I agree that the shows are stupid and exploit people and animals...but those turkey hunters didn't look like they were being forced to go on the show. They looked pretty pleased with what they were doing...and I don't think that if they weren't on the show, they would be sitting back drinking cognac and reading Yates. Lol.... But I get what you are saying...those people make it look like that is what the average American is like. But if you think about it...most television does a good job of making Americans look like idiots. Look at all of the "talk" shows...and reality shows! So...is it the shows that are making us look like idiots...or are we making us look like idiots by going on the shows?

[ProXimuS]

and thats pretty much why i despise those shows, theyre making the american people look like a bunch of stupid toothless hillbillies that are freeking so broke that we have to turn to catch rattlesnakes for spare change and feed on alligators and possum grits to survive...pathetic!!

You mean, that's not how you guys live....


(hehe jk!)

[lauwersp]

Sensationalism is the name of the game unfortunately. Educating had gone from exciting (National Geographic when I was a kid) to boring, based on the way tv programming has changed over the decades. No one wants to take the risk of offering educational programming anymore. Sad sad sad.

[EasternGirl]

It's true...people want to watch animals ripping each other to shreds or people shooting each other. Look where it has gotten us...another shooting today in NYC. Nice.

[ConcinusMan]

and thats pretty much why i despise those shows, theyre making the american people look like a bunch of stupid toothless hillbillies that are freeking so broke that we have to turn to catch rattlesnakes for spare change and feed on alligators and possum grits to survive...pathetic!!

And what have all humans done to survive in the ages before money? We exploit the natural world to our advantage. This is no different.

[Greg'sGarters]

I've always wanted to go to a rattlesnake roundup...but then buy all the rattlesnakes there.

[guidofatherof5]

That would save those snakes but promote/fund the event for the next year.
The only way this event will stop is when they lose money on it. They are driven by money alone.
I hope to see the end of these type of things in my lifetime.

[ConcinusMan]

I've always wanted to go to a rattlesnake roundup...but then buy all the rattlesnakes there.

Same as buying animals from a bad situation to "save" them. By putting money in their pockets, all that does is encourage the sellers to get more animals and keep doing what they are doing. The only way to stop the roundups is to stop the flow of money. Exactly the opposite of what you proposed. Not buying snakes or any snake products at the roundups is the way to go, but it's not enough. People would have to just stop attending them altogether. As long as there is an audience, and people who attend, the roundups will continue unless they are outlawed.

[EasternGirl]

My son keeps watching these stupid shows like Call of the WildMan...with that stupid hillbilly, Turtle Man. Aside from the fact that I hate shows like that, I can't watch it just because listening to those toothless idiots trying to speak makes me want to pull my ears off. I told my son that if he keeps watching it...the show is going to suck the intelligence out of him. Yesterday, the stupid guy on the show was holding a rat snake by the throat and talking about how "These here suckers will bite yer!"...Yes, idiot...snakes will bite you if you corner them and pick them up like that. My son argues that the guy is rescuing animals. I guess he is too young to understand the problems with these kind of shows. I keep trying to explain it to him....