Peta requests criminal investigation into Jackass Forever for ‘cruelty to animals’

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Peta has requested a criminal investigation into the new Jackass movie for its use of animals.The latest film, Jackass Forever, uses animals in several different stunts, including bees, a bull and a scorpion.Now Peta has written to request a formal investigation into the film, and believes the producers could face animal cruelty charges.The stunts, apparently filmed in Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo Counties, may have broken California laws ‘on bullfighting and similar exhibitions, causing any animal to fight with a human, and cruelty to animals’, the organisation says.A spokesperson confirmed that Peta wrote to the Los Angeles City Attorney and Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney to take action.It urged the offices to ‘investigate and take appropriate legal action against those involved in filming scenes depicting cruelty to animals in the movie Jackass Forever’.The initial letters were sent after the release of the Jackass Forever trailer, which showed members of the crew being charged by bulls, bitten by a snake, and trapped in a plastic tube with a tarantula.With the full movie now available to watch in theatres, other stunts involving animals have been revealed.One sees Johnny Knoxville and Steve-O ‘provoke honeybees into stinging Steve-O’s penis (killing many of them)’, the charity said in a statement.Another sees Eric André allegedly ‘hit’ a scorpion until it stings Rachel Wolfson in the face.Peta has since written another letter to Los Angeles city and San Luis Obispo County prosecutors ‘calling for a criminal investigation into the film’s production’.As well as urging authorities to conduct a criminal investigation into Jackass Forever, the charity is urging followers to boycott the film and spread the.