Ok, I didnt watch any of the series, with the exception of Katie Price I dont think ive ever heard of any of the people in the show this time round.
This isnt about the show though, rather than from what Ive heard the Australian government is filing charges against the winner, who is a chef, for killing and eating a rat, on animal cruelty grounds.
Now, this is the bit I am confused about, did he needlessly torture or inhumanely kill the rat before cooking and eating it? Did he clout it one and leave it to die a slow and painful death, or did he catch and kill it outright?
What Im getting at is, whats so different between this and someone catching and killing a rabbit, and eating it, which is an everyday activity to some people, and far from illegal?
If anything the show should have charges brought against it for the cruelty to the insects that are forced into encounters with these "celebs", but when has it been illegal to catch and eat something if youre hungry?
EDIT:
After reading a tad about it, its illegal to cruely treat an animal in a performance...but from what i gather the only "performance" was the chef talking about it, rather than it being filmed etc, in which case surely it doesnt count?
Havent watched a single second of this so no idea what is going on - thankfully.
What I believe is the issue though is the rat was killed while the show was in production, which could be an issue for other TV real life series.
I hope they shove plenty of Life in the Abattoir programmes on...
Really if a chef stakes a rat out in the sun and bakes it to death while applying the torture tongs that would be an issue, hitting it on the head with a club shouldnt be one. Ive caught mice with dead fall traps and when they havent killed the mouse outright I reset the trap and give it a quick and relatively humane departure.
From what I have read and what the Chef bloke has said in an interview, was at one point he and a fellow "celebrity", and I use that term loosely, were sent in to some kind of exile as part of the show, this involved them being fed only rice and water for a number of days, so after seeing a Rat running around the camp he asked if he could catch, kill and eat it for the extra protein, which by all accounts the producers of the show said was fine.
Now I see nothing wrong with this at all, the animal was killed to provide sustenance and not for fun or any other reason other than to provide food. The fact that this may even go to court is just ridiculous and deserving of a Picard facepalm.
Aye.
I want to know if the act was even filmed (Im guessing it would have been in some kind of big-brother live feed online or sky interactive?), but the hang-up is that it was killed during a performance. Id have thought theyd get let off unless they made a fuss about it, which I dont think they did. I doubt ITV even showed a re-run of them doing it so its hardly a performance.
What I want to now know is, Bear Grylls and Ray Mears....Im sure theyve done stuff in OZ and have caught and killed/eaten animals...unless they faked it?
There was an episode of RMears in Canada recently where he demonstrated a snare trap but said it would be wrong to needlessly kill an animal for TV so he used a stick.
He ate a stick?
I dont watch it but Id bet £50 it was a rat from a pet store. So yeah theyre pricks for doing that.
Quote from: CeathreamhnanThere was an episode of RMears in Canada recently where he demonstrated a snare trap but said it would be wrong to needlessly kill an animal for TV so he used a stick.
Ray Mears would catch it, kill it, and cook it on a rudimentary Aga he crafted from wood, vines, leaves and magic, before settling down to enjoy the peace and quiet. Bear Grylls would try to catch it, fail, and eat the sh*t of some random animal before continuing to run wildly through the undergrowth with the Blair Witch cam.
Bear Grylls is a dick.
Glad Im not the only one that thinks this. Not only that but I hate him for ruining Craghoppers >< They used to make cheap and effective outdoor clothing which were great for work, and then they went and ever so slightly changed them and plastered Bear Grylls name all over them, doubling the price in the process :(
Quote from: Chris HRay Mears would catch it, kill it, and cook it on a rudimentary Aga he crafted from wood, vines, leaves and magic, before settling down to enjoy the peace and quiet. Bear Grylls would try to catch it, fail, and eat the sh*t of some random animal before continuing to run wildly through the undergrowth with the Blair Witch cam.
Bear Grylls is a dick.
Wasn't he in the SAS at one time? Which means he is probably better at killing other people than furry woodland creatures.