{"id":101386,"date":"2023-11-28T15:00:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T15:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=101386"},"modified":"2023-11-28T15:00:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T15:00:59","slug":"itv-hits-back-as-chris-packham-accuses-im-a-celeb-of-ignoring-animal-welfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/tv-movies\/itv-hits-back-as-chris-packham-accuses-im-a-celeb-of-ignoring-animal-welfare\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV hits back as Chris Packham accuses Im A Celeb of ignoring animal welfare"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Packham teases his Channel 4 climate change documentary<\/h3>\n

ITV has issued a statement in response to\u00a0naturalist Chris Packham’s\u00a0blasting of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! as he accused the show of being cruel to animals.<\/p>\n

Following an open letter he penned to hosts Ant and Dec on Monday, a spokesperson from ITV responded: “We are always fully transparent about our protocols and we have a very strict environmental plan in place on the show.<\/p>\n

“As a production, we comply with all regional and national laws concerning the use of insects, animals and reptiles.<\/p>\n

“Welfare and safety is always the primary priority on any of our programmes, and at any Bushtucker trial that features animals, we have qualified and experienced animal handlers on site at all times.<\/p>\n

“We inform the RSPCA NSW of all of our activities on the show and they have an open invitation to attend the site at any time.<\/p>\n

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The reply concluded: “We cannot stress enough that we have rigorous protocols in place to ensure that animals are handled safely at all times, before, during and after any filming has taken place, in compliance with all regional and national laws.”<\/p>\n

Chris has published an open letter on X, formerly known as Twitter, imploring Ant and Dec to react to his allegations that I’m A Celebrity “exploits animals for entertainment”.<\/p>\n

He stated that the RSPCA had received 17,000 complaints last year about the show’s “wilful abuse of animals” and “reinforcement of negative stereotypes”, as he urged the duo to make a change.<\/p>\n

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