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Autumn Watch’s Chris Packham begs Ant and Dec to stop ‘animal abuse’ for I’m A Celebrity trials

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CHRIS Packham has backed a police investigation into I'm A Celebrity over fears critters have escaped into the Welsh countryside - and begged Ant and Dec to stop animal abuse on the show.

Packham, 59, who fronts BBC nature show Autumnwatch, said if bugs escape the ITV show's Bushtucker Trials "they could cause severe problems".

He told The Guardian: "If any of these species were to naturalise, we could have severe problems. And we do have a history in this country of invasive species which have caused enormous ecological damage." The animal activist - who often speaks out against I'm A Celeb and has petitioned Ant and Dec to stop using live animals every year since 2000 - added: "We don’t need very popular television programmes demonising,.

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