I watched ABC's 20/20 show Friday night, and I have to tell you - I was shocked.

In what was perhaps one of the most irresponsible hours in television history, ABC allowed reporter John Stossel to turn back the clock on social progress by asking the following head-scratching, and frankly, dangerous questions:

--On Elderly Care: "Isn’t it time America did less for the elderly?" 

--On Steroids: "Why not let adults take performance-enhancing drugs?" 

And of course, on tigers: "How do we save tigers and other endangered animals? Well here's an idea - let's eat them."

Well I have a question for ABC: Are you crazy?

Unfortunately, ABC decided to drop from the tiger story an interview with IFAW's Grace Gabriel. Perhaps her comments made too much sense.

In that omitted interview, Grace explained that the way to save tigers is through stricter enforcement of existing laws - only that will act as a deterrent to poaching of wild tigers.

You decide - what makes more sense as an approach to saving tigers: eating them? Or enforcing laws to protect them?

If you agree with us that we can save tigers by protecting them and not by eating them, please take a few moments to comment on 20/20's story, and to write to the Chinese Embassy:

--E-mail 20/20 to express your outrage over this irresponsible and dangerous story. 

--E-mail the Chinese Embassy to urge them to increase enforcement of the tiger trade ban, and to shut down tiger farms. 

Let's make some good come out of this bad story

It often seems that apparent setbacks are really opportunities in disguise.

Perhaps this story will do some good after all - by raising awareness that tiger farms exist, and that enforcement needs to be stepped up. But that good will only happen if we act now.

So please join me in trying to make some good come out of this very bad story by e-mailing your comments to 20/20 and the Chinese Embassy today.

http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_united_states/get_involved/take_action/take_action.php?msource=DR090502001#x