All right, I'll give it a shot. Watched the first one - the shark show. Pretty interesting format, I really enjoyed the story itself. My main issue as it is with all shows on you guys or pbs or history or whatever - too long. It dragged on, repeated a lot of elements and could have gotten to the end much quicker. Still, well done and very different to most shows with animals that we see. I'm just happy it wasn't the Dog Whisperer

Not only did I not watch any episodes of Hunter and Hunted, nor will I, I am also asking you NOT to continue airing the Gator Attack episode. My daughter-in-law's aunt and a personal friend of mine, Judy Cooper, was one of the victims in last year's horrendous gator attacks in Florida. I understnad that nobody contacted any of Judy's family to ask permission to air her story or to even WARN them that his episode was in the works. I am very surprised that anything affiliated with National Geographic could be handled in such an insensitive and sensational manner. Was nothing learned by anyone after the way Steve Irwin's death - and the video that captured it - was handled? Do you have to be a celebrity before your death is treated with dignity and your family treated with respect? Be careful with continuing this type of program - you may wind up being affiliated with the National Enquirer instead of the Geographic.

I just wanted to tell you that me and my family absolutely love to watch "The Dog Whisperer". IT has helped us tremendously in retraining our own dogs who are between the ages of 1 year and 9 years old. They were all receptive to the training! Please have Cesar on more often, we watch him all the time no matter how many times we've seen that episode!

I love your show Hunter & Hunted, tho one episode, the one about the dingos, truly disturbed me. It was how "detailed" the reenactment of the attack on two boys was that gave me nightmares. Other than that great job, and would hope you would do classic cases of animal attacks.

i would like to buy the dvd ambush but having a problem finding it can you help me doug

To doug mashke:

For all the DVD's that we have available, please go to http://www.shopngvideos.com

I'm not 100% sure if these shows are available on DVD, but that site has all the ones we currently carry. Thanks for your interest!

I watch the hunter and the hunted any chance I get. I think that the shows are very informative and as a citizen concerned about the environment they can provide valuable info. I am actually a teacher and I am looking to buy any of these videos that show environmental issues, so that I can use them for my environment unit in my classroom.

Thank you for still believing in science and saving the earth even though our administration is not,
Jessica

To: Caroline Tanner

As part of the "family he left behind", I find your description of Bob Fontana's death as "perfect" and "super" to be inappropriate. Stating that you feel sorry for us does not negate this disrespect.

I'd have to say it was the best production I've seen to date.

To Jake Molnar,

You're right, I was a little out of line there and got carried away in the heat of the moment, after watching the clip - I apologize - but I still don't like people who get a kick out of going to Africa to shoot big game for fun.

I'll ask the moderator of this blog to remove my previous postings.

Caro

Hunter and Hunted is an excellent program and i feel you guys do a great job with it. i agree with a previous comment that sometimes it drags on, but i realize that it need to fill an hour and the story-line tries to create some suspense. I hope you guys don't run out of animals to do attack stories on anytime soon

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I really appreciated and say thank you for Keep up the great work online

fantastic show i watch it every chance i get in HD if possible (hunter and hunted). I absolutly love it, one of the best shows on t.v. The format is perfect for an hour long show. I think its in its third season now and i would love to buy the the first two seasons on dvd but im having trouble locating them, can someone help me out. keep it up and i hope you dont run out of animals anytime soon.

p.s. I'm watching it now!

Hunter & Hunted is my favorite National Geographic show - possibly my favorite on any network. I have trouble finding a regular time slot for it though. I have found myself recounting the stories to family & friends who are equally fascinated. I find this show to be very informative & educational. I think, as humans, we need to respect nature & we need to have proper knowledge if we are going to put ourselves out there because of curiousity or whatever other reasons anyone may have. I have read the other posts & I am sorry if some of the families of the victims are upset. I don't believe that NG would set out to intentionally evoke that type of reaction. The victims who went out on the big game hunts - well, I'm sorry but I find it difficult to find sympathy there. The animals were doing what animals do - defending themselves or just trying to get away. They are not at fault - they felt threatened. Some of the footage & reenactments are disturbing, but I think it is necessary to tell the story completely. Most of these animals were somehow provoked into these attacks by humans who were being ignorant & sometimes cruel. My wish is that this program will serve as a warning for people before they set out to observe animals when they don't have the proper knowledge. It is tragic for all involved when the animals, scared & confused, do the only thing they know how. Thank you for this program & others like it.

I love Hunter Hunted. It gets into detail even the the reenactments can be frightening. However it is barely on TV and I was wondering is there a podcast of Hunter Hunted or any DVD sets?

I watched the polar bear episode. At least two people and a dog had been killed by bears and scientists were trying to figure out why. The humans on the island are way out-numbered by the polar bears. Co-existing with a large population of polar bears sounds well.....kind of crazy, but people do generally arm themselves, so they aren't stupid. They do know that polar bears are dangerous. There are three attacks documented in the show. In one instance two women go hiking and choose not to take a weapon. They are attacked and one is killed. In the second incident an experienced resident is confronted by a bear and has to use his gun, but for some reason he is carrying a 22 caliber pistol, which is like attacking a tank with a pea shooter. He is killed. I was shocked that he was not carrying a more powerful handgun, such as a 44 magnum. Even carrying pepper spray would have made more sense. The magnum would put a bear down with a few well placed rounds. The third instance involves a dog that is made helpless by being chained up when a bear approaches. We aren't actually told if the dog is killed, which is odd, because it seemed the producers wanted to spare us the thought of a dead dog, but had already showed us dead humans. At the end of show I began to be put off by the point of the show, which seemed to be an attempt to blame the humans and not the bears for the deaths. All you need to know is that polar bears are extremely powerful and might be the most dangerous animal on the planet. You don't need to research to figure this out. Polar bears rip huge seals and other animals apart when they are hungry. Ask a seal if he thinks it is his fault when a polar bear starts eating it. These animals are certainly beautiful and their power is awe inspiring, but they are predators and are not predictable. Here is my suggestion. Don't visit that island, but if you do be prepared to defend yourself at all times, because bears kill things and it doesn't take the sound of a plane flying over to give it a bad attitude!

I think you're missing the point, Bob, which is to try to educate humans on animal behavior. Weren't you curious as to why normally passive, well-fed polar bears would start attacking humans? I certainly was! I wouldn't tell people not to visit the island. Instead, tell them that if they choose to go then go armed not only with a weapon, but knowledge! The whole point of this show is save not only humans, but the animals as well. We need to learn how to co-exist & not provoke unnecessary attacks. Certainly not all attacks are provoked or preventable, but a large number are so let's take this valuable information & use it to help all living things.

I love this show and wish it were on more, just like I wish Seconds from Disaster and Air Emergency were on more. I also really enjoyed the episodes of Locked Up Abroad that aired recently. These shows are very compelling and can even be educational.

Lets have more of the "Air Emergency" Series.

And, PLEASE, less of the "Dog Whisperer".