![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/peta-order-ant-and-dec-to-quit-im-a-celeb-in-scathing-open-letter-on-cruelty/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1_PETA-beg-Ant-and-Dec-to-step-down-from-IAC-over-routine-animal-cruelty-in-scathing-open-letter.jpg&description=Animal charity PETA have shared an open letter to I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! hosts Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly urging them to quit the ITV showAnt McPartlin slammed by PETA for riding small horse in 2021Ant McPartlin and Dec have been urged by animal rights charity PETA to step down from their hosting roles on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here in an open letter ahead of the new series on Sunday. The TV duo have fronted the programme, which sees celebs rough it in the Australian jungle, for more than 20 years with them cheering on tens of celebs as they take on the gruesome trials. Many of the infamous Bushtucker Trials have involved the use of rats, snakes, spiders and other jungle critters as well as live insects during the eating challenges. Ahead of the new series, which has seen Mike Tindall, Boy George and Charlene White sign up, animal rights charity PETA have published an open letter online, urging 46-year-old Ant and Dec, 47, to quit the show due to some of the trials. Animal rights charity PETA have shared an open letter urging Ant and Dec to quit I'm A Celeb In the letter, from PETA's Vice President of Programmes Elisa Allen, Ant and Dec are accused of being "complicit in cruelty to animals" on the ITV programme as various challenges include snakes, insects and other animals. The scathing letter adds that Ant and Dec's hosting of the show sends a "message to viewers that you think animal abuse is not only acceptable but also entertaining". It adds: "For 20 years, you have been complicit in the 'bushtucker trials', standing by as animals of all descriptions are tormented – and even killed – for TV ratings. PETA says the show sees animals 'tormented – and even killed – for TV ratings' ( James Gourley/ITV/REX) "In this time, you must surely have become aware of the suffering, discomfort, and fear that these unwilling participants endure during the challenges. Ostriches, crocodiles, snakes, rats, and thousands of insects have been exp){kind=link}
Animal charity PETA have shared an open letter to I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! hosts Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly urging them to quit the ITV show
Ant McPartlin and Dec have been urged by animal rights charity PETA to step down from their hosting roles on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here in an open letter ahead of the new series on Sunday.
The TV duo have fronted the programme, which sees celebs rough it in the Australian jungle, for more than 20 years with them cheering on tens of celebs as they take on the gruesome trials.
Many of the infamous Bushtucker Trials have involved the use of rats, snakes, spiders and other jungle critters as well as live insects during the eating challenges.
Ahead of the new series, which has seen Mike Tindall, Boy George and Charlene White sign up, animal rights charity PETA have published an open letter online, urging 46-year-old Ant and Dec, 47, to quit the show due to some of the trials.