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Oct 09, 2024 12:23 PM IST
This yr, for the primary time, the Bigg Boss home, features a non-human resident – a donkey residing together with the opposite contestants.
The grand premiere of Bigg Boss 18 this Sunday unveiled 18 new contestants on the favored actuality present. The inmates embody a large mixture of TV actors, politicians, and even social media influencers. However it was the ’19th contestant’ that evoked essentially the most curiosity among the many viewers. This time, Bigg Boss selected to get an precise animal – a donkey dubbed Gadhraj – within the Bigg Boss home. The response to this has been blended from the viewers and now animal welfare organisation PETA has additionally taken umbrage to it. (Additionally learn: Bigg Boss 18: Donkey’s entry leaves contestants puzzled; followers in splits. Watch)
PETA’s letter to Salman Khan
On Wednesday, Shaurya Agrawal, an advocacy affiliate with Individuals for the Moral Remedy of Animals (PETA) India wrote a letter to Bigg Boss 18 host Salman Khan, drawing his consideration to make use of of the donkey on the present. “We’re being inundated with complaints by members of the general public who’re deeply distressed over the preserving of a donkey within the Bigg Boss home. Their considerations are legitimate and should not be ignored,” the letter reads. Calling the inclusion of the animal within the present ‘distressing’, PETA India has urged Salman to make use of his affect as a bunch and star ‘to give up the donkey to PETA India, to rehome in a sanctuary with different rescued donkeys’.
The letter additionally states that the ‘use of animals on a present set is not any laughing matter’ and urged Salman to ‘keep away from utilizing animals as props for leisure’. The letter notes that the donkey was introduced into the home by one of many contestants – Advocate Sadavarte.
Public response to Bigg Boss 18’s donkey
The donkey was launched by Salman Khan on the day of the grand premiere and he even entrusted the remainder of the contestants with its well-being throughout its keep in the home. Whereas many have discovered the inclusion of the animal humorous, others have mentioned it’s not honest for the donkey, a social animal, to be confined within the Bigg Boss home. “The contestants are trapped there with their consent, however the donkey isn’t,” wrote one viewer on Reddit.
Bigg Boss 18, hosted by Salman Khan, started airing on Colours TV and JioCinema from October 6. The favored actuality present sees 18 contestants compete in opposition to one another whereas confined in a single home for weeks and months on finish.
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