Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Reality TV Show Fined For Killing Rat


ITV, the British TV company behind the Australian version of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here has been convicted of animal cruelty, after a rat was killed and eaten by contestants.

The company actually plead guilty to the charge, after admitting its production staff had given the go-ahead to a request to kill the rat. It was fined $2600 and ordered to pay $2175 in additional costs.


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