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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!s28g2000vbp.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.scouting,uk.environment.conservation,uk.rec.natural-history,uk.rec.youth-hostel,uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Bear Grylls Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 15:46:41 -0700 (PDT) References: <48a17618-d4c3-4eb3-ae97-514d48ecfeb5@g19g2000vbi.googlegroups.com> Lines: 31 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.156.251.27 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1243810001 4542 127.0.0.1 (31 May 2009 22:46:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 22:46:41 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: s28g2000vbp.googlegroups.com; posting-host=81.156.251.27; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Bytes: 2739 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:705922

On May 31, 11:22=A0pm, CJB  wrote: > As an active animal lover I am appalled that every time I switch on > the =A0t.v. especially on Channel 4 Mr. Grylls is there killing animals > or snakes without any real reason. > > Recently I've seen him kill a huge python THAT WAS NO THREAT TO HIM on > his show from Ecuador - and he really looked as though he enjoyed the > experience. > > And just now he was seen again needlessly killing a rattle snake in > Dakota during the Channel 4 'Born Survivor' series. > > I have been a supporter of the aims and objectives of Scouting for > many years and I have always thought that the Scouts (and Guides, > Cubs, Brownies, etc.) placed an emphasis on conservation and were > mindful of the need to treat animals with respect. > > So now there is a Chief Scout who not only kills animals needlessly > for t.v. shows, but who will obviously now set an example of cruelty > to animals as an excepted part of Scouting culture. > > The wayward and violent youngsters of today, especially in the Western > world and the UK in particular, do NOT need his examples of animal > cruelty. > > I am sure that the Animal Rights organisations will not let this > appointment go unchallenged. > > With disgust. C.J.Brady.

Are you a vegetarian? He is (when he's not doing shows).