tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post2379331529991590034..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: Pets win prizesDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-16047051487147721782009-07-31T13:50:38.791+01:002009-07-31T13:50:38.791+01:00I didn't see last week's programme - I sat...I didn't see last week's programme - I sat down to eat my dinner in front of the TV last night only to find that BBC1's primetime 'entertainment' was a couple of youths sitting on a doorstep watching rats nosing around a trap in the gleeful expectation of a juicy death. I sent a complaint email to the BBC saying, what next, setting dogs on rats in a pit for a bit of 18thc style entertainment? And lo, it turns out they've pre-empted me with this rat in a bucket thing. I can't believe they've made three hours of this shit.Victorianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-64306480071657059952009-07-27T14:02:25.830+01:002009-07-27T14:02:25.830+01:00Although the rat ended up in the bucket (of his ow...Although the rat ended up in the bucket (of his own accord), it still managed to escape Charlie at that turn and run up the drainpipe - leading to, surely, the programme makers dream of one of the brothers saying, 'he is literally a rat up a drain pipe'.<br /><br />Showing animals mauling other animals to death happens all the time on nature shows - zebras and lions, killer whales and seals etc - so it's no different really to show a dog and a rat; it's just that it's on the doorstep that somehow it seems more real.Dan Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11544340593291117457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-74997528155221924402009-07-24T21:49:43.311+01:002009-07-24T21:49:43.311+01:00With "providing it's the right animal dis...With "providing it's the right animal dishing out the cruelty and the right one on the receiving end" I think you are right on the money. <br /><br />My wife was watching this with enthusiasm right up until the point when they found a dead cat. Channel quickly changed; Charlie the dog just another particle of tv ephemera.Andynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-15892462790794795122009-07-24T12:54:03.578+01:002009-07-24T12:54:03.578+01:00My Whippet has a habit of catching rabbits but wha...My Whippet has a habit of catching rabbits but what do you do with a dead rabbit in a public park? I feel a little conspicuous carrying it around until I find a bin to put it in. I've never 'pelted' a bunny so taking it home for the pot isn't an option.<br />http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3538524&id=667135864Matthew Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02891473090178104564noreply@blogger.com