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Wildlife documentaries invade animal privacy rights, claims leading academic
2010-05-01
Wildlife documentary makers are breaching the rights of animals by invading their privacy, a leading academic has claimed.

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.
Posted by:john frum

#10  Perfect picture to go with the lead in
Posted by: Cheaderhead   2010-05-01 22:44  

#9  Pictures of nekkid animals sounds kinda hot!

And yeah, what C.B. said in #6. Morons. Is there anything in England that isn't a cross between The Onion and A Clockwork Orange?
Posted by: SteveS   2010-05-01 18:24  

#8  It all makes sense now.
PBS.com - You must be 18+ to enter this site.
Posted by: ed   2010-05-01 15:56  

#7  Pffft. Mad dogs and Englishmen.
Posted by: Mitch H.   2010-05-01 15:29  

#6  "Mating, giving birth, and dying are recurring characteristics in nature documentaries, but the human version of these activities remains largely absent from broadcasting."

I'm guessing he doesn't go to the movies much, or have a subscription to something like Netflix.
Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie   2010-05-01 13:14  

#5  This has "onion worthy" written all over it...
Posted by: Broadhead6   2010-05-01 08:55  

#4  Dr Mills, at the university's School of Film and Television Studies
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2010-05-01 08:40  

#3  "There are many activities which animals engage in which are common to wildlife documentary stories but which are rendered extremely private in the human realm.

"Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to." - Mark Twain
Posted by: Procopius2k   2010-05-01 08:25  

#2  "There are many activities which animals engage in which are common to wildlife documentary stories but which are rendered extremely private in the human realm.

"Mating, giving birth, and dying are recurring characteristics in nature documentaries, but the human version of these activities remains largely absent from broadcasting."

I hope this guy doesn't find out they've got Ag schools in the UK.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2010-05-01 07:55  

#1  YJCMTSU, no matter how hard you try.

Idiot.
Posted by: lotp   2010-05-01 07:50  

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