Oh hell...what next

TV3 News last night reported that two reality show chef's are apparently being charged with animal cruelty for killing, cooking and eating a rat on a TV show. Its a British survival show filmed in the wilds of Australia.

The report says "Italian-born television chef Gino D'Acampo and UK soap star Stuart Manning have been arrested and charged with animal cruelty after killing a rat and serving it with risotto to fellow members of the cast of I'm a celebrity ... get me out of here".

The RSPCA is claiming that the rat was not only killed for the purposes of production (meaning being a simple theatre stunt, rather than survival and that the show breached the rules.

So...in the wild bush, someone's pet rat was walking through and happened to become lunch and they are going to charge someone with a jail time offence for eating a rat on a survival show? Come on!!!

It's a friggin rat for goodness sakes. If someone let it out for a walk in the middle of a hungry pack of adults then that's the owners dumb fault. Its a survival show for heavens sake and someone had the talent enough to make something tasty from something nasty. If the RSPCA wants to get on their high horse (pun intended) then maybe these reality shows need to make sure there is no wild-life around and maybe have a secured area where no rats, mice or anything other than insects roam. Birds included.

Hell...what would have happened if a chicken roamed in? What kind of uproar are we talking about then? Environmentalists would be calling foul about the feathers left around and the bones leaving a mess. Greenpeace would say that the fires are creating a large carbon footprint.

Its a rat...not Skippy the Kangaroo...or Quickiee Koala...or even Humphry B. Bear...

The shows over...let it go.