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lindalove · 09-10-2006, 03:36 PM

This has been an interesting thread to read to say the least.

While I don't know the first thing about how Austraila deals with animal conservation or how Aussies felt about Steve and his approach to getting his message across, I do find some of the comments made about him interesting.

If this were a PETA member, in some peoples eyes the person would be considered a hero even with PETAs reputation for being a shady organization...

Then there is the simple issue that most people don't get how important animal conservation really is. If a species that the media has hyped out as being evil, people will go out of their way to kill it. Sharks are a perfect example.

Sharks over the past 10-15+ years have been presented as beasts that have no other agenda than to chew on humans. The media fails to talk about all the food processing plants that dump 100's of pounds of scraps into ocean waters that brings the "man eating" beasts close to shores. Since Steve died due to taking sting ray barb to the heart, I'm just waiting for media to label sting rays in the same way.

I could take is a step further and mention how people cannot wrap their brains around how to properly take care of their pets, nevermind mind the lessons that need to be known of how to deal with a nest of rattlesnakes that may be hidden under a persons front porch and stumbled upon by accident.

I didn't know Steve personally, so I'm not going to speculate on what his intentions were or why he used such extreme methods to make his point that all animals of all kinds need to be protected, but unlike some people, I give the man alot of credit. Police officers, fire fighters, EMT's, ect...put their necks on the line every day. You never hear people stating that they deserved to die because of their occupation choice, but since Steve was all about animals, somehow it's different and it is in more ways to count, but he seemed to understand that people wouldn't listen if he just simply talked about what he was doing. I'm a big Jack Hanna fan, but people tend not to take him seriously ( even though they should) because he doesn't wrestle with 400 pound gaters or taunt cobras to the point where he/she reveals his/her impressive hood.

So was Steve so far off base? I don't think so. Will I continue to learn animal trivia from Jack Hanna? Of course.

Education goes alot further than having somebody write a cover page story of some newspaper that is filled with bogus facts and fiction just so they can make their boss happy.

RIP Steve!

09-10-2006, 03:36 PM	#100 (permalink)
lindalove Registered User	This has been an interesting thread to read to say the least. While I don't know the first thing about how Austraila deals with animal conservation or how Aussies felt about Steve and his approach to getting his message across, I do find some of the comments made about him interesting. If this were a PETA member, in some peoples eyes the person would be considered a hero even with PETAs reputation for being a shady organization... Then there is the simple issue that most people don't get how important animal conservation really is. If a species that the media has hyped out as being evil, people will go out of their way to kill it. Sharks are a perfect example. Sharks over the past 10-15+ years have been presented as beasts that have no other agenda than to chew on humans. The media fails to talk about all the food processing plants that dump 100's of pounds of scraps into ocean waters that brings the "man eating" beasts close to shores. Since Steve died due to taking sting ray barb to the heart, I'm just waiting for media to label sting rays in the same way. I could take is a step further and mention how people cannot wrap their brains around how to properly take care of their pets, nevermind mind the lessons that need to be known of how to deal with a nest of rattlesnakes that may be hidden under a persons front porch and stumbled upon by accident. I didn't know Steve personally, so I'm not going to speculate on what his intentions were or why he used such extreme methods to make his point that all animals of all kinds need to be protected, but unlike some people, I give the man alot of credit. Police officers, fire fighters, EMT's, ect...put their necks on the line every day. You never hear people stating that they deserved to die because of their occupation choice, but since Steve was all about animals, somehow it's different and it is in more ways to count, but he seemed to understand that people wouldn't listen if he just simply talked about what he was doing. I'm a big Jack Hanna fan, but people tend not to take him seriously ( even though they should) because he doesn't wrestle with 400 pound gaters or taunt cobras to the point where he/she reveals his/her impressive hood. So was Steve so far off base? I don't think so. Will I continue to learn animal trivia from Jack Hanna? Of course. Education goes alot further than having somebody write a cover page story of some newspaper that is filled with bogus facts and fiction just so they can make their boss happy. RIP Steve!