WTF?? "TV stars on cruelty charges for eating rat"

[yizuman]

Two stars of a British celebrity reality TV show filmed in the Australian bush have been charged with animal cruelty by New South Wales police.

Celebrity chef Gino D'acampo who won the I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here TV contest and soap star Stuart Manning were arrested and charged after cooking a rat and serving it with rice as a meal for fellow contestants.

They were confronted by RSPCA officers after filming ended late last week on the TV show's set near Dungay, in north-eastern NSW.

The News of the World newspaper and the BBC say the pair have been charged with animal cruelty offences by Murwillumbah police and ordered to appear in court on February 3.

UK celebs charged over Aussie rat meal - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

That just tops the crazy ass Nanny State news.

Yiz

 

[kokonut]

Exactly how the govt would work around here.

 

[Steel X]

um, some people DO eat rats so why don't they charge EVERYONE who eat rats? :roll:

 

[Prime Boss]

What? You've gotta to be kidding me here. You can't just arrested them for that animal cruelty!

 

[posts from hell]

Hmm, would this extend to beef?