Pig not degraded by televised sexual experience, British watchdog rules
Mon Nov 29,12:12 PM ET
Offbeat - AFP
LONDON (AFP) - In one of their more delicate rulings of recent years, British television watchdogs ruled that a pig sexually pleasured on television by a minor celebrity did not feel degraded by the experience.
Dozens of viewers complained about the episode in so-called reality television show "The Farm", in which a series of celebrities were sent to do tough work with agricultural crops and animals.
The audience were treated to the sight of Rebecca Loos, the self-proclaimed ex-lover of England football captain David Beckham, stimulating the boar for 10 minutes to produce a flask of semen.
Many viewers complained to the government's Office of Communications (Ofcom) that this was "akin to bestiality", while a leading animal charity condemned the scenes as "morbid and sordid".
But in a ruling released on Monday, Ofcom cleared broadcaster Channel Five of breaching decency standards, saying the procedure was perfectly normal.
"The task performed by Rebecca Loos is one that occurs regularly on UK farms. It was properly supervised by a qualified veterinary surgeon and was carried out for a genuine purpose -- to artificially inseminate the pigs on the 'celebrity farm'," the ruling said.
It added: "We don't believe that the scene was degrading or harmful to the boar."
Monday, December 06, 2004
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Feds dude. Feds.
Sheriff, I think I fed a stray cat. Please Advise. Over.
*Sherif whistles innocently whilst wiping his hands clean*
i think they missed the point. the pig wasn't degraded because it was masturbated for 10 minutes in order to produce semen, it was degraded because it was done by rebecca loos.
Leif
Awesome. You have a keen legal mind. You should seriously consider a career in Farm Law.
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