Not sure people should be handling wildlife needlessly (/encouraging others to) but maybe nature is a plaything of mankind and little more?

Hmmm...

I suppose if it helps people take conservation seriously (ie. your children) then maybe it's not the worst thing in the world but surely nature hardly needs manhandling unless you intend to kill things for food / self-preservation?

Nice pictures all the same. It's just if everybody goes and does this, there'll be a lot of nature stressed-out unnecessarily.

Of course, I guess you're damned if you do / damned if you don't should you live in areas where dangerous nature abounds. I'm sure you'll know what you're doing and I don't mean to cause offence.