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06 Dec 09
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Bit hard on the cat IMO. Maybe just put it outside for a bit.
If it's the rat in that advert where the bloke pulls it out of his mouth, and it's still in the blokes mouth when they kill it, he should just get let off with a caution.
No, it's the rat (tame rat) that was beheaded on IACGMOOH, although it wasn't shown on TV obviously.
The Australian equivalent of the RSPCA, have, quite rightly taken a dim view of this, and the 2 contestants involved, will probably have to appear in court.
The Australian equivalent of the RSPCA, have, quite rightly taken a dim view of this, and the 2 contestants involved, will probably have to appear in court.
The winner has already done 2 years inside for burglary.
UK, I think it's the producers of the programme who should be doing time, benefit of doubt to the contestants who probably didn't realise it was a tame rat, although it's friendliness should have given them a clue.
Rings a bell, would have said 10 years ago. Tempus Fugit
Anyway, more meat on the bones below.
KING of the Jungle Gino D'Acampo was last night charged with cruelty-to the rat he turned into a risotto.
The stunned Ready Steady Cook star was confronted by RSPCA investigators moments after I'm A Celebrity filming ended and quizzed over the death of the rodent.
Early in the series Gino and jungle buddy Stuart Manning beheaded it with a kitchen knife before turning it into dinner for their camp-mates.
D'Acampo, 33, was later charged by Aussie police along with ex-Hollyoaks star Stuart.
The two have been told to appear in court on February 3. The maximum penalty they could face is THREE YEARS JAIL.
The future of the show was in doubt after ITV were also ordered by the powerful Aussie RSPCA to hand over all their footage of the animal being beheaded-which was NOT shown to viewers-so they can find out whether it was ALIVE when it happened.
Drama
The move came amid claims that the rat the celebrities ate was NOT wild as viewers were led to believe-but was instead a TAME one planted by producers to create drama in the Exile Camp where contestants were living on basic rations.
A show insider told us: "There were rats used for the Bushtucker Trials and they were as tame as hamsters. They were used to human contact and not afraid like wild ones who would run away. The killing made for dramatic TV. But it's likely the animal was one of the trial rats.
"It raises question marks about the show. What celebrity is going to risk appearing if they face getting nicked at the end of it."
Last night ITV bosses confirmed our shock story in a terse statement saying: "Australian RSPCA are currently looking into an incident in which a rat was killed in the camp."
Dad-of-two D'Acampo's victory celebrations were cut short by the confrontation with the RSPCA after filming ended. They had already quizzed Manning, 30, who was evicted earlier.
The chef is already a convicted burglar-jailed for two years in 1998 for stealing £4,000-worth of guitars from singer Paul Young's home-and feared he would not be able leave Australia today as the investigation continued in Murwillumbah, New South Wales.
Our source said: "Gino was detained so long his family, including his two young boys, had to travel back to the hotel without him. He has previous convictions and is terrified of getting into more trouble. But police say now he is free to go home."
D'Acampo just shook his head and then raised his finger at our reporter when approached. Manning said he "hadn't got time" to answer questions.
Their court case will be a huge blow for ITV producers celebrating the most popular I'm A Celeb since 2005 with shows averaging 8.5 million viewers -and 11 million tuning in to watch the final. They came up with the idea to introduce rats into the show-along with the usual bugs and insects-to boost ratings. Viewers saw the footage of Gino cooking the rat on November 20 after the celebs were split into two camps-Base Camp and Exile.
In Exile, campers Gino and Stuart, along with fellow celebs Kim Woodburn, Lucy Benjamin, Sam Fox and George Hamilton had to make do with meagre rations.
Then D'Acampo and Manning declared they had caught the rat.
The chef said he'd grabbed it wandering in the jungle, killed it with his kitchen knife and skinned it. He held it up for everyone to see then took it to the fire to cook for the team.
He said afterwards: "It was the best recipe I ever did. It was beautiful." The other celebs also raved about it. The rat killing infuriated animal rights campaigners like TV writer Carla Lane who called for I'm A Celebrity to be banned. She welcomed the charges saying: "If this brings an end to the show-good. I fail to see what's entertaining about killing a rat."
In a statement police said: "Police today issued field court attendance notices to two men, aged 30 and 33, for the offence of animal cruelty.
"They are due to appear in court on 3 February 2010."
KING of the Jungle Gino D'Acampo was last night charged with cruelty-to the rat he turned into a risotto.
The stunned Ready Steady Cook star was confronted by RSPCA investigators moments after I'm A Celebrity filming ended and quizzed over the death of the rodent.
Early in the series Gino and jungle buddy Stuart Manning beheaded it with a kitchen knife before turning it into dinner for their camp-mates.
D'Acampo, 33, was later charged by Aussie police along with ex-Hollyoaks star Stuart.
The two have been told to appear in court on February 3. The maximum penalty they could face is THREE YEARS JAIL.
The future of the show was in doubt after ITV were also ordered by the powerful Aussie RSPCA to hand over all their footage of the animal being beheaded-which was NOT shown to viewers-so they can find out whether it was ALIVE when it happened.
Drama
The move came amid claims that the rat the celebrities ate was NOT wild as viewers were led to believe-but was instead a TAME one planted by producers to create drama in the Exile Camp where contestants were living on basic rations.
A show insider told us: "There were rats used for the Bushtucker Trials and they were as tame as hamsters. They were used to human contact and not afraid like wild ones who would run away. The killing made for dramatic TV. But it's likely the animal was one of the trial rats.
"It raises question marks about the show. What celebrity is going to risk appearing if they face getting nicked at the end of it."
Last night ITV bosses confirmed our shock story in a terse statement saying: "Australian RSPCA are currently looking into an incident in which a rat was killed in the camp."
Dad-of-two D'Acampo's victory celebrations were cut short by the confrontation with the RSPCA after filming ended. They had already quizzed Manning, 30, who was evicted earlier.
The chef is already a convicted burglar-jailed for two years in 1998 for stealing £4,000-worth of guitars from singer Paul Young's home-and feared he would not be able leave Australia today as the investigation continued in Murwillumbah, New South Wales.
Our source said: "Gino was detained so long his family, including his two young boys, had to travel back to the hotel without him. He has previous convictions and is terrified of getting into more trouble. But police say now he is free to go home."
D'Acampo just shook his head and then raised his finger at our reporter when approached. Manning said he "hadn't got time" to answer questions.
Their court case will be a huge blow for ITV producers celebrating the most popular I'm A Celeb since 2005 with shows averaging 8.5 million viewers -and 11 million tuning in to watch the final. They came up with the idea to introduce rats into the show-along with the usual bugs and insects-to boost ratings. Viewers saw the footage of Gino cooking the rat on November 20 after the celebs were split into two camps-Base Camp and Exile.
In Exile, campers Gino and Stuart, along with fellow celebs Kim Woodburn, Lucy Benjamin, Sam Fox and George Hamilton had to make do with meagre rations.
Then D'Acampo and Manning declared they had caught the rat.
The chef said he'd grabbed it wandering in the jungle, killed it with his kitchen knife and skinned it. He held it up for everyone to see then took it to the fire to cook for the team.
He said afterwards: "It was the best recipe I ever did. It was beautiful." The other celebs also raved about it. The rat killing infuriated animal rights campaigners like TV writer Carla Lane who called for I'm A Celebrity to be banned. She welcomed the charges saying: "If this brings an end to the show-good. I fail to see what's entertaining about killing a rat."
In a statement police said: "Police today issued field court attendance notices to two men, aged 30 and 33, for the offence of animal cruelty.
"They are due to appear in court on 3 February 2010."
if it keeps that horrible grinning letch off our screens I think 3 years sounds good. Hope he enjoys the jail Scopari !!!
Shoot them in Mezzegra like Mussolini and his mistress
Invite local villagers to spit on their hanging bodies
Invite local villagers to spit on their hanging bodies
It wont always be that way. Years ago the Soviets started experiments to see if wild animals could be domesticated (more of Lysenko's Michurinism, I expect). Keep selecting the aimiable ones and breed from them. Eventually Arctic foxes became friendly, wagged their tails and even developed floppy ears. They also tried it with rats. Eventually rats who had never seen a human before were happy to snuggle up inside the shirts of lab techs and didn't mind people manipulating their limbs. They also selected for aggressive traits. Eventually they produced rats that screamed and attacked at the sight of humans. Triple-gloved hands, including a layer of chain-mail were latched on to and bitten hard enough to bruise to the bone (while the rats continued to scream). Researchers were convinced that 10-20 of them would be enough to kill and eat a person. Now a box of them let loose in HMIACGMOOH would be unmissable TV.
yes, but they will be wild rats. This was a tame one, tame as a hamPster.
Ludicrous that it is OK to kill a wild rat but not a tame one.
I thought someone had done away with Gordon Brown from the title. I'm disappointed now.
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