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	<title>Comments on: An Open Letter to Animal Planet</title>
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		<title>By: Ashley Capri</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/an-open-letter-to-animal-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-994</link>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Capri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello everyone at Animal Planet! my name is Ashley, I&#039;m thirteen and I&#039;m from Brisbane,Australia and I love watching your channel, I&#039;ve been watching animal documentaries since I was about Two years old,I used to go in the backyard and make my own nature shows. I live right near a protected creek and forest area so I&#039;m always going down to the creek to watch the native birds and catch fish and listen to all the sounds of the bush, sometimes I just stay there for hours just listening and watching. I&#039;ve always been hooked on nature.
 One of my favorite shows I watch on your channel is River Monsters, that &quot;Goonch&quot; is one of the scariest things I&#039;ve ever since, I wouldn&#039;t want to swim with one of those guys, But they&#039;re truly fastinating!

I was wondering if maybe I could request a few shows to be played that haven&#039;t been aired for a few years now but they are my favorites, &quot;The Secret Garden&quot;, &quot;Journey into the Abyss&quot; and one that I&#039;m not entirely sure what the name of the third one is but it&#039;s about all the marine life in the amazonian river.
If you could air those shows for me it would really make my day and I would be truly thankful!

Thankyou for reading my email, I hope to hear from you all super soon!

best wishes, Ashley Capri x</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello everyone at Animal Planet! my name is Ashley, I&#8217;m thirteen and I&#8217;m from Brisbane,Australia and I love watching your channel, I&#8217;ve been watching animal documentaries since I was about Two years old,I used to go in the backyard and make my own nature shows. I live right near a protected creek and forest area so I&#8217;m always going down to the creek to watch the native birds and catch fish and listen to all the sounds of the bush, sometimes I just stay there for hours just listening and watching. I&#8217;ve always been hooked on nature.<br />
 One of my favorite shows I watch on your channel is River Monsters, that &#8220;Goonch&#8221; is one of the scariest things I&#8217;ve ever since, I wouldn&#8217;t want to swim with one of those guys, But they&#8217;re truly fastinating!</p>
<p>I was wondering if maybe I could request a few shows to be played that haven&#8217;t been aired for a few years now but they are my favorites, &#8220;The Secret Garden&#8221;, &#8220;Journey into the Abyss&#8221; and one that I&#8217;m not entirely sure what the name of the third one is but it&#8217;s about all the marine life in the amazonian river.<br />
If you could air those shows for me it would really make my day and I would be truly thankful!</p>
<p>Thankyou for reading my email, I hope to hear from you all super soon!</p>
<p>best wishes, Ashley Capri x</p>
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		<title>By: Crystal</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/an-open-letter-to-animal-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-862</link>
		<dc:creator>Crystal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I understand that it is unsettling for you as a viewer to invest 10-15 minutes into an animal only to find out it will be euthanized, however as someone who works in this field I find it refreshing that Animal Planet is sharing what we go through each and every day. They are not trying to teach anyone a &quot;lesson&quot;, but rather opening up a world that otherwise would not be known in order to enlighten the general public.

What they are portraying on their show IS the cut down version. And it is impossible for shelters to work with every animal who comes through its doors, until the general public gets a better idea of how things work and takes a bigger hand in promoting responsible pet ownership within their communities, shelters will be forced to make euthanasia decisions on animals who could be rehabilitated.

I agree that  the &quot;sadistic ‘animal abuser demographic’&quot; is not sitting at home watching these shows. Do you know who IS? Uneducated people who don&#039;t realize that they are being irresponsible pet owners. Many of the cases that come through my shelter doors are not necessarily clear cut abuse cases, but actually neglect due to lack of knowledge on proper pet care.

In our melting pot of a country we battle cultural differences and people don&#039;t realize that animals need to be treated humanely. In other countries dogs are left outside year round (sometimes never allowed in the house at all). 

There is a disclaimer at the beginning of every show that scenes may be graphic. It&#039;s real life, change the channel if you can&#039;t handle it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I understand that it is unsettling for you as a viewer to invest 10-15 minutes into an animal only to find out it will be euthanized, however as someone who works in this field I find it refreshing that Animal Planet is sharing what we go through each and every day. They are not trying to teach anyone a &#8220;lesson&#8221;, but rather opening up a world that otherwise would not be known in order to enlighten the general public.</p>
<p>What they are portraying on their show IS the cut down version. And it is impossible for shelters to work with every animal who comes through its doors, until the general public gets a better idea of how things work and takes a bigger hand in promoting responsible pet ownership within their communities, shelters will be forced to make euthanasia decisions on animals who could be rehabilitated.</p>
<p>I agree that  the &#8220;sadistic ‘animal abuser demographic’&#8221; is not sitting at home watching these shows. Do you know who IS? Uneducated people who don&#8217;t realize that they are being irresponsible pet owners. Many of the cases that come through my shelter doors are not necessarily clear cut abuse cases, but actually neglect due to lack of knowledge on proper pet care.</p>
<p>In our melting pot of a country we battle cultural differences and people don&#8217;t realize that animals need to be treated humanely. In other countries dogs are left outside year round (sometimes never allowed in the house at all). </p>
<p>There is a disclaimer at the beginning of every show that scenes may be graphic. It&#8217;s real life, change the channel if you can&#8217;t handle it.</p>
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		<title>By: Mark and Sonya Gordon</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/an-open-letter-to-animal-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-851</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark and Sonya Gordon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Our family cherishes Animal Planet.  We pay extra just to have this network on our TV menu.  We are, however, distinctly unhappy about airings like&quot; Lost Tapes&quot; which depict animals as threatening demons.  Particularly with Halloween approaching, we feel this encourages borderline humans&#039; attacks on black cats, dogs, crows, etc.  We also object to programs which feature animals as savage attackers,&quot; Untamed and Uncut&quot;.  The public knows animals sometimes turn on their human abusers.  To feature this kind of chaos just promotes fear and misunderstanding by viewers who need to be shown the value of having wildlife and exotics in our lives.  Shows that are primarily about humans rather than animals &quot;Jockeys&quot; are, in addition, turn offs.  Is there a shortage of just inspiring and informative material that displays animals loyalty to each other, humans, animals as rescuers, animals as companions, innovative and clever animals, animal history???  Like others, our hearts break with the misery/cruelty episodes which &quot;Animal Cops&quot; record, but we fervently believe they are necessary to educate people who haven&#039;t been raised with a healthy appreciation for all animal life.  There is so much about all animals that is both interesting, positive and helpful.  Please will you reassess the direction your current programing appears to be taking?  It&#039;s getting to the point we too frequently exit ANPL after checking the offering.  We MISS your kinder more informative viewing! Please rethink programing, NOW!   Thank you, Mark and Sonya Gordon</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our family cherishes Animal Planet.  We pay extra just to have this network on our TV menu.  We are, however, distinctly unhappy about airings like&#8221; Lost Tapes&#8221; which depict animals as threatening demons.  Particularly with Halloween approaching, we feel this encourages borderline humans&#8217; attacks on black cats, dogs, crows, etc.  We also object to programs which feature animals as savage attackers,&#8221; Untamed and Uncut&#8221;.  The public knows animals sometimes turn on their human abusers.  To feature this kind of chaos just promotes fear and misunderstanding by viewers who need to be shown the value of having wildlife and exotics in our lives.  Shows that are primarily about humans rather than animals &#8220;Jockeys&#8221; are, in addition, turn offs.  Is there a shortage of just inspiring and informative material that displays animals loyalty to each other, humans, animals as rescuers, animals as companions, innovative and clever animals, animal history???  Like others, our hearts break with the misery/cruelty episodes which &#8220;Animal Cops&#8221; record, but we fervently believe they are necessary to educate people who haven&#8217;t been raised with a healthy appreciation for all animal life.  There is so much about all animals that is both interesting, positive and helpful.  Please will you reassess the direction your current programing appears to be taking?  It&#8217;s getting to the point we too frequently exit ANPL after checking the offering.  We MISS your kinder more informative viewing! Please rethink programing, NOW!   Thank you, Mark and Sonya Gordon</p>
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		<title>By: Sherry</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/an-open-letter-to-animal-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-548</link>
		<dc:creator>Sherry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i would like to send a story to animal planet  do you know the web site? ty Sherry aka ladybug3162@yahoo.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i would like to send a story to animal planet  do you know the web site? ty Sherry aka <a href="mailto:ladybug3162@yahoo.com">ladybug3162@yahoo.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Patricia</title>
		<link>http://startupfiance.com/2008/an-open-letter-to-animal-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-444</link>
		<dc:creator>Patricia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would like to know if the people or persons who abused Trouble were brought to justice?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would like to know if the people or persons who abused Trouble were brought to justice?</p>
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