AR-News: (UK) Lawsuit over 'mistreated' animals in French reality show

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Jon Henley in Paris
Wednesday June 23, 2004
The Guardian 

The company that supplied the animals for Celebrity Farm, France's most 
popular reality TV show, is suing the producers because too many died. 
Arts France, which provided chickens, goats, ducks and even a small pony for 
the programme, said yesterday it had not been allowed too look after the birds 
and animals properly and was taking legal action. 
"There was a total lack of respect for the animals," said Alain Jaillard, the 
company's managing director. "We asked for special equipment to transport 
them; it was refused. We warned of problems months ago; nothing was done." 
According to Le Parisien newspaper, 16 hens and a duck died on a single day 
in April when they were released into a studio coated with a non-slip floor 
surface of sand and glue that proved to be highly toxic for birds. 

full story:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/story/0,11882,1245123,00.html 

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