I watched the last bit of the ring tail lemur family and was feeling miserable anyway (problems at work) when the inevitable happend. Poor little Gizmo the tiny lemur who seemed to have been ignored by his mum was left to die on his own. He had been crippled - I think one of them attacked him - was it his mum? and he had to struggle to keep up with them. He would just get up the tree when they decided to go forage for food miles away. They got frightened by some dogs and his mother was left in the tree on her own whining for them all and I thought "what about your poor little baby - you heartless cow!" I am getting tearful as I write this! It showed his poor tiny lifeless body at the end. Waaaaah!

I had been watching the Meerkat family too. I always insist on watching then have a good blub afterwards!

I suppose it is no worse than those women who love watching weepy romances but let me tell you if I meet a certain ring tail lemur mama (Amazon) in Madagascar I will give her a good talking to about proper parenting and also kick her tiny butt

You big soppy!

Mum and I used to bawl our eyes out about Lassie!!

I cannot watch the film Robinson Crusoe or listen to a certain music that was played on it (the foreign dubbed film) cos a dog died in the film and everytime I hear the music I bawl my eyes out!

I have also read and watched the Incredible Journey about 2 dogs and a cat who have to find their way to their people's new home. My god , the ending when they think the old dog won't make it.

Oh gawd I am fillling up here! Damn hormones!!!!

When I was a kid I got kicked out of the Saturday Morning Pictures because there was a film on with a horse being branded. I went completely and absolutely hysterical and they had to stop the film until I shut up - and when I wouldn't they told my sister to remove me. That was the last time her and I went to Saturday Morning Pictures....

I can't cope when dogs die... I read Marley and Me (lovely book) and even though I knew before I even started it that Marley dies at the end (at a good old age) it didn't stop me bawling my eyes out when they had to have him euthanised.

Pass the box of tissues... I'm filling up as well!

Peacock - I totally get it. I've stopped watching all nature programmes unless they're about the sea. Somehow a fish getting eaten doesn't upset me

I love Wildlife programmes too, although I haven't seen the Lemur or Meerkat one. My favourite has to be Big Cat Diary, they are just amazing to watch!

Yes I love big cat diary but I have missed some of it. What happend to the baby cheetah? In one episode his mum and he were up against - gosh - was it Lions? I cannnot remember. Mum ran off hoping they would follow her but I never saw the prog again to see what happend to them (perhaps it is best I don't know.).

I think they both lived happily ever after peacock

LOL - that's what I'm talking about. I'd be addicted to those programmes if they always turned out alright

I half watched a programme about a couple of big cat cubs the other day (leopards I think) - they were twins and the mother either died or rejected them so they had to be hand reared. They got to the young adult stage and were just learning how to hunt for themselves when one of them got killed by a predator. The bloke who had hand-reared them was actually filming the whole thing and was so very upset. I still don't understand why he didn't intervene.