One of the two fish that were given to the Big Brother housemates has died. Housemate Rachel shed a tear or two, and genuinely seemed mortified when she found the fish laying on his side, but tears and medication couldn’t save poor ‘Heaven’. After all the debating over why the fish was so poorly in the first place, it’s clear that fish don’t belong on a TV set – even if it is a ‘house’. Didn’t they learn that from The Wright Stuff saga?!

Harsh lighting, a small tank and being mauled about by excited housemates are just a few of the reasons why the little fishie didn’t make it. Sure, they called in a vet for advice on reviving the flagging Heaven, and Hell (the other fish, not the place where the devil resides) has now been taken out of the house, but let’s hope they heed our advice when we say to never bill in animals again.

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Last night, Big Brother treated the housemates to a series of electric shocks “worse than childbirth”. What gives? Dennis and Rachel were charged with the task of guiding a metal wand along a wire track (much like the ones from my childhood), but rather than getting a gentle shock that made them jump and then laugh it off, the housemates were soon in tears from the pain of the ‘bum buzzers’. Just so you know, I’m not going anywhere near a joke about that…

Anyway, if you saw it, you know how it went down. If you didn’t see it (what were you doing?! Having a life? Shame on you), all you need to know is they all wore gold body suits, failed the task, the housemates got shocks, and they are now on food rations of £1 each a day. So where am I going with all this?

As I watched it, I couldn’t help but think how these people could get up at any time and call off the ‘experiment’. Sure, they’d get shouted at (and an argument did ensue, of course) but unlike animals in laboratories, there was an end in sight – freedom would prevail. Across the world, hundreds of millions of monkeys, rats, rabbits, dogs and countless other species of animals are trapped in a life of painful experimentation at the hands of somebody else. There’s no taking off the gold suit for them.

Oh, and on a lighter note, housemate Jennifer Clark is on the Sexy Veg List which comes to an end in just a few days – so get in there quick and vote for her!

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It’s back! Welcome back the days of passing up on nights out to watch one of the nation’s favourite TV shows, watching pointlessly as people sleep, fight, get jiggy under the bed-covers and so much more. I told myself I wouldn’t get hooked, but can I resist…?

So, did anyone watch Big Brother last night? For those that missed it, I have some intriguing news for you – there’s a veggie housemate that’s “passionate about animal welfare.” According to the housemates’ info that’s been released by Big Brother today, 22-year old Jennifer Clark is anti-fur and anti-fox hunting, as well as being a vegetarian. There’s also a “practising Buddhist” called Kathreya Kasisopa, so she might be veggie too! Keep watching for more. Cue music…

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