General Chat

It's a bit daft really isnt it................the show producers, apparently planted the rat, so should they not be answerable to the Oz RSPCA?

But how do they know it was friendly ? How do they know it was the planted rat ?

Thanks for that Whirley, I didn't realise.

They killed it because they were hungry its nature ...I think

the "rat" was "planted" there and was, a friendly rat, apparently. The Oz RSPCA are saying no "animal" should die for "entertainment" purposes..............the bugs that got their heads bit off are "bugs/insects" so they dont count.....

I heard they they have set up cockroach help line for them truamatised....also in the cockroach world one of them has sold their story to the NEw of the Roach....Gino ate my bro....:)))))

I thought Rats were vermin.......

So what happens when the rat catcher kills them ..how do they stand

what about cows pigs and sheep and horse and kangroo!!!!!

This is getting silly .......

I bet Kim smothered a few too lol

Those poor cockeroaches....climbing all over Gino's body....how cruel lol

and bottomless..lol ohh yes Marion the places them poor cockroaches had to nip.: )))) ** shudders***

And dont forget all these kangaroos going about with high pitched voices too pmsl.

Dont forget the cockroaches Hayley....the places they are forced to crawl lol

what about them baby crocs with their gobs tapped up...

I find it odd that that was cruel and yet they can chew the heads of bugs,stand on them,throw eels about etc etc.
I presume/hope the rat didnt suffer.

I agree its just plain silly ......if he is charged then I hope ITV pay the fine as they straved them if not I will...Ohhhh ooo Gino x lol

aw thts jst daft, altho i wldnt dream of eating a rat, thy were int he jungle lol x

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! winner Gino D'Acampo and fellow contestant Stuart Manning face criminal charges for animal cruelty after cooking and eating a rat on the programme.
The pair were part of a group in "exile" for part of the series, which meant meagre rations of rice and beans.

A lack of meat prompted the contestants to apparently catch, kill and eat a rat.

D'Acampo, 33, said in the show's video diary room the Bush Telegraph: "I saw one of these rats running around. I got a knife, I got its throat, I picked it up."

The group, including 30-year-old Manning, ate the rat and enjoyed the meal.

Chief Insp David Oshannessy from the RSPCA in New South Wales, said it was not acceptable that an animal had been killed as part of a performance. ITV was unavailable for comment.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20091206/ten-celebrity-pair-in-rat-eating-row-ea4616c.html


What I find a bit strange is that ITV are allowed to kill insects and animals purely for entertainment but the duo aren't allowed to kill the rat. The RSPCA said it was for entertainment purposes and therefore it wasn't allowed however, I think they can justify that it was for food rather than entertainment whereas I personally don't think ITV can justify the bush tucker challenges.

Gino and Stuart are in trouble over killing and eating rat............................