Letter from Ryan Wunsch

This is the conclusion of a letter from Ryan Wunsch:

****************** Anyways, I saw the following.

"Local news web sites in Canada are often operated by a local newspaper that is usually reluctant to compete against its printed version. The results can be a second-rate web site with little news value to the viewers."

Let me also suggest, that printing old pictures of a devil-tailed-garden-of-eden serpent monster eating a baby, is also considered to be candidate for a "second-rate web site with little news value to the viewer" by me and many others.

Perhaps your reason for including that picture was that it was the only picture of a snake you could find online.

If that is the case, let me show you this amazing resource, www.google.com, with hundreds of good pictures of the very species of snake in your article.

It would seem to me that you purposely used that picture for shock value, much like a trashy tabloid newspaper would do (but at least they are a "real newspaper" not some editorial laden online publication).

Now, a few words about me.

I travel Canada to educate and dispel myths about reptiles, while promoting conservation of all animals and their habitats.

I also breed reptiles as a family hobby, a hobby that is growing and includes many good citizens across the country.

As you can see your inclusion of that picture in your little article (which I thought was primarily about a drug bust) has really ticked me off, and it is a slap in the face to all of the hard work myself and many others like me have done and continue to do for the benefit of society.

I really hope you do the right thing, and pull that picture, as well as write an apology or retraction for stooping to such trashy levels like you have done.

Ryan Wunsch

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