Boycott "Hillbilly Hand Fishin' " tv show, & animal abuse videos

  • recipient: David M. Zaslav, CEO Discovery Communications, One Discovery Place, Silver Springs, MD  ,
 
    Imagine a nightmare where blood-lusting, thrill-seeking, uncivilized, ignorant, deviate cretins gang up on an innocent,  nesting animal in his or her own environment, abuse, torture, terrorize, then slowly kill by suffocation.. a manner that is illegal in  most  of the United States of America.
   Well, animal lovers, the nightmare is real, in a hideous travesty of a show, on of all channels, "Animal Planet"!
  Friday nights at nine p.m.
  This rank, nasty, deplorable, killing spree orgy is called "Hillbilly Hand Fishin'", and is the embodiment of the moral decline/decay of today's society.
"Famed hand fisherman Skipper Bivins leads a group of city-slicker clients through the paces of Noodling -using your bare hands and feet to catch giant catfish!"
For those of you blessed not to know what Noodling or Grappling is, please see videos and judge for yourself if this creature is being tormented and is suffering unusually?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAgw6d3kLPI
I would like to show you many more examples like
"Keoghan's Heroes: Gone Fishin'

Sad that this recent pathetic, callous, attempt to desensitize the public to animal cruelty comes right at a time for victory for animals.http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/27/animal.cruelty.videos/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn
   "Senators introduce law to ban 'crush videos' of animal cruelty."
.."Justice Samuel Alito "The animals used in crush videos are living creatures that experience extreme pain. Our society has long banned such cruelty."
   Interestingly, hand fishing IS illegal in all states but A FEW.
   There are similarities between the obscene 'crush videos'  and "Hillbilly Hand Fishin'", etc.. because they mostly depict women killing helpless animals with their bare hands or feet, and apparently satisfy a sexual fetish for those who produce. write, and star in them.
   Those involved REPEATEDLY express the "extreme" "thrill" and "excitement."
Especially their "first time."
   The creator of this petition salutes men and women who think it is "fun" to respect and have reverence for all creatures in their own natural environment.
   Those involved in this bloodthirsty, barbaric cruelty are engaging in psychopathic, addictive, sexually warped behavior, with no regard whatsoever to the suffering of these
living, breathing creatures with a soul.
   Some say they are only a catfish. Well, the reason they are in these holes (some previously dug by COWARDLY humans using steel barrels) is because many are FEMALES protecting their eggs.
   From their size, these creatures are like small animals.  How would YOU like to have someone grab you with rubber gloves, clamp down with all their might onto your lips with all their might, and lift you into the air this way?
 Or, ram their almost entire hand and ARM way down into your throat and stomach?
   Handfishing, Noodling, Grabbling, are not done for survival or sport, but  for perverts, amazons, and animal abusers to near skinny dip together, show off, "corner",bully, gang up on, overpower, torture and kill something who is smaller and outnumbered.
   Then, unconscientious, exploitive, greed brokers like Josh Hardt, Mike Stavronis, Half Yard Productions(named after their college beer bar), show's editor, Kevin Meehan, son of Ocean City, Maryland's MAYOR (who both should KNOW BETTER) try to SNEAK this depravity and debauchery into legitimate programming, and cash in.
   Especially despicable, on a channel that has well known shows of animal RESCUE!
    Boycott "Hillbilly Hand Fishin", and express YOUR "extreme" disappointment and outrage.
   How low will they go?
   Animal Planet.  SURPRISINGLY  (in) human!!!!
 







 
  
   Dear Mr. Zaslav,
   To promote a show as low as "Hillbilly Hand Fishin'" shows an extremely disappointing backward trend to trash tv
   This show glorifies violence, animal cruelty, and risky, indecent behaviors.
   Hand fishing is illegal in most states for good reason.
   One being, it has significant negative impact on catfish numbers!
   It is OBVIOUSLY cruel to the animal.
   You are risking harm to the participants and gullible copycats, even with gloves, from losing a finger, bites, infection, danger of drowning, clothes getting tangled or snagged on roots or rocks, death or injury from alligators, snakes, beavers, muskrats, and snapping turtles.
   We the undersigned, are saddened, disappointed, concerned and outraged by this show and the attempt to legitimatize and desensitize cruelty  and gang-like abuse, suffering and death to any living creature.
   Please pull this "show"!
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