Gino and Stuart Charged for Rat Meal on I’m A Celebrity
“I’m A Celebrity” contestants Stuart Manning and Gino D’Acampo, who was crowned King of the Jungle on Friday, have been caught up in a legal battle over something they did on the show - kill, cook and eat a rat. As funny as this sounds, as the show is all about eating weird things and various animal body parts, the show didn’t get permission to kill this particular rat, so the stars have been charged with animal cruelty in Australia.
Gino is a television chef, while Manning is a former star on “Hollyoaks”, but at a court in New South Wales, Australia on February 3, they will be suspects for slaughtering an animal. If the two are convicted, they could spend up to 3 years in jail.
Authorities in Australia apparently accept the killing and eating of invertebrates, but killing and eating animals that haven’t been bred for that purpose is not acceptable. David O’Shannessy, chief inspector of the RSPCA, says that the allegations are that an animal was treated cruelly on the set, but there is a code of conduct for how animals are used in New South Wales. Killing the rat for entertainment will not be accepted, he continued, and then added that they haven’t ruled out charging ITV.
However, it doesn’t seem like the “rat risotto” was made for entertainment purposes at all. The contestants were merely trying to enhance their meals of rice and beans to add meat, as they had been put on rations. The campers enjoyed their meal, and Gino said at one point that it was the best recipe he had ever made.
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if they wastn aloowed to eat the rat then they should have been told that on the show so why wasnt they?? i dont think they should been punished for this i think it was just a innocent thing.
they should not go to jail no body like rat eny way they are very filthily
That is flipping ridiculous they are hungry, they are in a jungle if you are straving in a jungle what would you do?
I am an animal lover myself, and respect everyone who is against animal cruelty. However, if these two men are to be charged, then so should the show and creators of the show. The whole show revolves around killing, eating and using animals in trials for entertainment. It is cruel and heartless and whether the animals are insects, mammals or amphibians it is still animal cruelty, as they are still alive and being harmed. Therefore, I disagree with the two men being charged, as they should not be handed the blame.
I think this is very silly it is only a RAT
absolutely rediculous australians are just trying 2 get money out of people wat else were they supposed 2 do they didnt know that they werent allowed 2 eat it i would of eaten 3 if i was theyre people eat rats all the time in the wild wats the big difference theyres more rats than humans on earth and its proven.. itv shud get dun if anything and itv shud av called gino and stuart into the booth and told them it was wrong . theyre on cctv 24 7 arent they . cumon aussies get a grip pathetic. and rspca arent that good we found 2 stray cats outside starving we rang rspca and all they did was send 2 tags to put round theyre neck and told us to let them go on the street and any 1 finding them would know who they are as we had 2 write lost on the collars thats not good for bins and rubbish is it rspca ?????