Worse Than PETA

You've got to go pretty far to be nuttier than PETA. Dr Brett Mills at East Anglia University has come out and said that all those animal life documentaries do not take into consideration the right to privacy of the animals. That's right. Maybe the animals don't WANT to appear on TV. I guess he's including the family dog and goldfish in there. He hasn't gone so far as to suggest a lawyer to represent the animals, but maybe that's next on the agenda. East Anglia. That name sounds familiar. Oh yes, that's the university that's connected to the ClimateGate emails. And already a number of the professors have had their studies and comments debunked, bringing global warming into doubt. I think it's time to have a serious look at anything coming out of this university. And for the record, PETA has officially said that photographing animals is okay with them Telegraph, UK (Apr 29, 2010) - Wildlife documentaries invade animal privacy rights, claims leading academic Dr Brett Mills believes programmes such as the BBC's Nature's Great Events, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, are "unethical" for capturing animals' most intimate secrets on camera without their consent. The senior lecturer at the University of East Anglia said it was wrong for broadcasters to treat all creatures as "fair game" and to fail to consider their right to privacy before recording. Animals just like humans have a basic right not to have their most intimate moments – such as mating, giving birth and dying – broadcast to an audience of millions, he said. ... Read the full story here... Bil An Outraged Dad