Reality shows have taken the place of education shows on the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet is one of the most watched. This would be fine except for the fact that it disregards animal protection laws and puts them in harms way. This show takes animals out of their own habitat and plants them into buildings so that the "Wildman" can make a heroic capture of these "dangerous" animals. Cases such as planting endangered, protected bats in a beauty shop so the "Wildman" could catch them and resulted in the death of two of the bats. Another show involved going out and catching 3 newborn raccons and holding them onset until they filmed their show, with no care. This cause the death of one of the raccons and severe dehydration and near death of the other two. Do you think this production company cared? But the raccoon incident is just one of numerous instances on Call of the Wildman sets of alleged animal mistreatment and possible infringements of state and federal law, the result of what sources describe as cavalier and neglectful production practices.
A seven-month Mother Jones investigation—which drew on internal documents, interviews with eight people involved with the show's production, and government records—reveals evidence of a culture that tolerated legally and ethically dubious activities, including: using an animal that had been drugged with sedatives in violation of federal rules; directing trappers to procure wild animals, which were then "caught" again as part of a script; and wrongly filling out legal documents detailing the crew's wildlife activities for Kentucky official.
This insanity must be stopped and this horrendous show cancelled! All of these allegations and no one has shut this production down, how can that be? There is surely big money being spent to keep these cruel, inhumane, illegal actions going on.
Please sign this petition so that the Discovery Channel hears our voices united in the demanding the cessation of this horrible show and the humanitarian treatment of ALL animals.
