If you think it is then feel free to browse youtube and flag several years old of live feeding to pet snakes as inappropriate or illegal and get them banned.
So far, they are still on there with age restrictions.
By your definition, National Geographic and other such wildlife channels are illegal. So is hunting, as that is killing animals for entertainment purposes isnt it?
Also, read the best answer here:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100423113529AANGY3p
One area where the USA law is actually better then our furrysexual nanny state.