Disgusted with Animal Planet

[BUSHSNAKE]

Only one thing is important to T.V. networks. Its all about ratings and not reality, ive worked behind the scenes on talk shows (Oprah and Jenny Jones) What you think is real is actually fake, im sure animal planet is no different. The best thing to do is not watch. They want to get people talking, thats how ratings go up. Im sure your all familiar with Howard Stern, perfect example of it.
So dont watch, its the best thing.

[ConcinusMan]

Only one thing is important to T.V. networks. Its all about ratings and not reality, ive worked behind the scenes on talk shows (Oprah and Jenny Jones) What you think is real is actually fake

You mean, just like democracy in the U.S. ?

What you think is real is actually fake

Except for Jerry Springer of course.

[BUSHSNAKE]

Jerry Springer would get his haircut where i worked.....hes real hahahahah J/K

[MasSalvaje]

Only one thing is important to T.V. networks. Its all about ratings and not reality, ive worked behind the scenes on talk shows (Oprah and Jenny Jones) What you think is real is actually fake, im sure animal planet is no different. The best thing to do is not watch. They want to get people talking, thats how ratings go up. Im sure your all familiar with Howard Stern, perfect example of it.
So dont watch, its the best thing.

Any publicity is good publicity. As Joe mentioned the most impact you can have on a TV network's programming is done by not watching.

Richard your example only works if the U.S. government claimed it was a democracy. Repeat to yourself the Pledge of Allegiance and tell me where it says the word democracy. If you want to see a good def of the type of government in the U.S. go to the CIA website.

Sorry for getting off topic.

-Thomas

[Invisible Snake]

Saw this on my feed and thought I would share.

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"Well it is that time of year again. The time when all the "giant" animals start showing up. Lol. Here is how it is done. Don't fall for this trick! You can't hold something that weights 97 pounds out on the end of a pole anyway. Don't believe me, try it!"

[ConcinusMan]

I bring your attention to some seconds following 2:08 -

[guidofatherof5]

Time for a little Animal Planet rant.

I was channel surfing and stopped on A.P. "Call of the Wild Man". For those of you unfamiliar(lucky you) with this show it chronicles the adventures of "Turtleman" as he tries to help people with animal troubles. The show features Erinie Brown Jr. (aka, Turtleman) a Kentucky native along with his cast of dufus friends.
This particular episode showed Turtleman ridding a family of 3 squirrels that were in their basement. I didn't see the entire show but did notice the basement had been sealed with spray foam insulation effectively cutting off any avenue of escape(to the outside) for the squirrels. They chased the frightened animals around until they(the squirrels) were exhausted. It was obvious it was all staged at the cost of the animals. This seems to be a theme for the show. One episode I saw had Turtleman in the attic of a house removing opossums. As he crawled around the attic he came to a piece of drywall. Turtleman said he could smell the animal behind the wall and he punch a hole in the wall to get the animal. The funny/disturbing thing is they had a camera on the other side of the drywall showing a young opossum just laying there. It was easy to see this piece of drywall was placed there for one reason only. This guy and this show is a joke but yet he has another season.
I could go on with further examples of this kind of thing but I'm sure you get my point. Many of the animals in this show aren't wild at all and appear to be stressed and frightened.
Shame on you Animal Planet.
Animal Planet, Discovery Channel and the History Channel are all worthless in my opinion. Gone are the days where they have programming with any worth. Now it's all crap programming.
Shame on all of you.

[jwolfe152]

i watch that show and you're right a lot of the stuff is "dramatised" it even says so in the intro or end credits, and yea a lot of the stuff he does is at the expense of the animals, like his catching skunks, foxes, coyotes etc. but its that show that got me interested in snakes. you're right about the networks and the whole "reality" genre of tv programs, it ridiculous like the rattlesnake roundup stuff, wild boar, and "pest control" or whatever you would call "Call of the Wildman" shows every network has this crap and they will continue to carry this crap until either more people know that what these people are doing is detrimental the the animals health/well being or more people complain about the way they are exploiting animals by emailing networks and/or start petitioning the shows.

i know on "Call of the Wildman" they show them either relocating animals so they don't keep coming back or sometimes taking them to wildlife rehabilitation centers, but, how many of these animals can the centers handle without just releasing them or euthanizing them because they are too sick to be released or just releasing them due to overcrowding or because of temperament. my niece watches it too and when she watches it im sitting with her letting her know the way he does most of this stuff is bad for the animals and can harm them. now she knows how to hold a snapping turtle so it doesn't break the tail or anything else and not to try to catch any wild animal because they will bite you especially if you chase them around the territory that they have marked as theirs. she also knows not to mess with or look for snakes in the woods now because it could be poisonous and it only take flipping one wrong rock or anything to be bit.

if you know of any petitions that can be signed to try and remove some of the programs like call of the wildman post a link and i will sign all of them

[d_virginiana]

I saw where the people shooting the program got in trouble not too long ago for forgetting to get the proper 'controlled release' permit to release a venomous snake into a public pool (already emptied of course).
For the sake of realism; you can most definitely smell an upset possum through a wall. Probably through a bomb shelter. But you still can't find it with a camera like that.

Only Animal Planet show I really like is River Monsters. I think Jeremy Wade really shows a lot of respect for both the fish and the local cultures of the places he goes. It's one of the few programs that still focuses on the actual animal and its behavior and conservation rather than the crazy personality of the guy catching it.

[jwolfe152]

yea River Monsters is awesome he can get some big *** fish with a rod or catching sharks with a hand line