‘Appalling abuse of animals’: Chris Packham tells Ant and Dec I’m a Celebrity is like dog fighting

The conservationist compares ITV reality show to pursuits that are the sad preserve of psychopathic criminals'

Chris Packham has written a letter to Ant and Dec, accusing I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! of exploiting animals.

In the missive, released on X (formerly Twitter), he states that this is not the first time he has tried to engage with the show's presenters about animal welfare standards on the reality show, but that his previous polite, reasonable and constructive" attempts were ignored so this time I'II be a little more frank and forthright".