Letter from the Skunk Whisperer President

This is a letter posted by the President of the Skunk Whisperer on Facebook, 22 November 2011.

As President of The Skunk Whisperer, I would like to say a few words.

Ned does not feel comfortable with his niece watching “Ned Bruha: Skunk Whisperer” on Animal Planet. The same goes for the church folks that Chris’s family is part of. Neither are comfortable with children watching the show in general.

4,000 of you were Skunk Whisperer fans before our show ever aired. To you, our clients, our family, friends and everybody else – on behalf of our real Skunk Whisperer Tulsa and Oklahoma office owners and employees, Wild Heart Ranch and their crew, I would like to sincerely apologize for all of the vulgar language and behavior you have been exposed to on “Ned Bruha: Skunk Whisperer” on Animal Planet. Our goal was to make the show educational. Some of that DID come through, and we are very happy about that.

Through TV, we saw a fantastic opportunity to educate the world about non-traditional, more humane, no-trap, no-kill methods allowing wildlife to safely co-exist with humans. However, certain actions and behavior on the show have been shocking, overwhelming, hurtful and infuriating, not to mention extremely stressful. Most of all, we are fearful that the general public sees things such as sleeping in a customer’s backyard or openly urinating on a customer’s lawn (a sexual registry crime) as the way we operate in real, unproduced and unscripted life. We would fire an employee on the spot for doing a mere fraction of what was shown on the show.

Stormy was employed by production and was doing exactly what he was paid to do. Other people hear beeps when Ned is talking and see Ned laughing about Stormy riding a pony whereas, Ned was actually not there at that time but editing made it appear as if he was laughing in approval. Ned has received death threats because of his beliefs about wildlife control. Yet he continues to stand up for what he believes in; Ned’s integrity is second to none. Annette had one of her orphaned fawns that she was raising killed by gunshot multiple times to the heart right at her doorstep. Not everybody approves of our methods, as they may feel that, as our methods are more and more recognized by the general public, they threaten traditional wildlife control methods and their living.

In summary, the type of behavior I mentioned is not reflective of our business models and our missions, and is simply not tolerated, yet we cannot control what is filmed, edited, and being shown on Animal Planet.

As of now, and until the air clears, your posts on this page will be seen by nobody, including us. Comments will be seen by everybody and monitored. If you want to give constructive feedback for our TV series, please email us directly at info@totalwildlifecontrol.com. We will pass that over to our entertainment attorney and he will pass it on to Discovery’s lawyer; or, you can post below if you would like. Nothing will change unless the public demands it.

Regards,

Betsey Bruha, President
The Skunk Whisperer®, Inc.
Truly humane wildlife removal & prevention, done right the first time