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Simon Cowell angry with Xtra Factor producers because of dolphin clip.
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Last weeks Xtra Factor showed a clip of this weeks show where contestants were shown playing with dolphins at Judges houses. Since the clip was shown last week as a ‘coming up’ extra, members of the public were outraged with the show, tweeting, starting petitions and sending hate to fellow Judges.
Simon has demanded an edit on the show.
Source: http://www.twitcelebgossip.com/8587-simon-cowell-demands-edit-on-this-weeks-xtra-factor-due-to-dolphins/
Simon has demanded an edit on the show.
Source: http://www.twitcelebgossip.com/8587-simon-cowell-demands-edit-on-this-weeks-xtra-factor-due-to-dolphins/
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the bit that got me in the article was the mention of showing the pictures would have children pestering their parents to go to seaworld on holiday
you mean unlike the 473 adverts we get during every show that do a similar thing
So funny! haha
I doubt he has, Simon is not the sort to watch that film, but if he did though haha.
Still at least they got to swim with dolphins.
lmao, good one
Hahaa! Love this.
I agree with the animals being fed correctly but it was naughty of the producers to do it behind Simon's back.
Yea, what?! Seems like a bunch of nonsense to me. A news report put out to woo people back to the show.
Highly intelligent creatures torn from their families (who are most likely slaughtered and falsely sold on as "whale meat", despite it being incredibly toxic due to mercury) are then thrown into a concrete pool forced to perform tricks for dumb human beings. Oh no, there's nothing wrong with that at all.
I wasn't aware of all this. Makes sense why people are upset. Why isn't it illegal though?
Because it's exaggerated nonsense.
Because people make money out of it and people need time to realise it is cruel. There are now no longer any dolphins held in captivity in UK. There used to be.
So just like X Factor contestants then
no it isn't.
It is dolphin hunting season in Taiji you can see for yourself on sea shepherd and cove guardian live stream. http://www.seashepherd.org/
last year I watched the live steam while about 350+ dolphins were kettled into a shallow cove for about 5 days while "trainers" from dolphinariums around the world picked out the babies they would like. Including a rather conspicuous baby albino dolphin. Once those selections were made the rest were hearded into the killing cove and slaughtered "for meat". Why they needed to be held for five days while the pretty babies were picked out doesn't make much sense if this practice is purely for meat.
A few days later Taiji dolphin centre announced it had a new exhibit. A baby albino dolphin they claimed had been found abandoned at sea all alone, they rescued her.
No they did not, they stole her and slaughtered her family.
I watched them.
If you saw the size of the pool she's in you'd weep, Bond villians have bigger fish tanks.
exactly and even Simon Cowell can understand it is cruel to do that to dolphins!
However ITV's other successful reality show at this time of year, "I'm a celebrity... get me out of here" seems to feature constant mistreatment of animals, insects and reptiles, so surely if they can cut animal cruelty out of Xtra Factor, they should not include it in I'm a celeb either.
Insects and reptiles are both animals ;-)