Animal activists support Shilpa Shetty

LONDON: Animal activists in Britain are urging voters to back Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty to become the next winner of Celebrity Big Brother.

Shetty is taking part in the Celebrity Big Brother reality TV circus and is having to contend with the antics of Jade Goody and her clan.

The 31-year-old Indian beauty, who supported the drive to raise awareness of the cruelty towards circus animals, has starred in a campaign for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to highlight their plight.

The poster carried an anti-circus message in which Shetty, dressed in a tighter tiger-striped body suit and crouched behind the bars of a cage, urged people to boycott the circus.

A PETA spokesman said, "When Shilpa did her advertisement against circuses for Peta, she had no idea that she would eventually be living in the midst of one. We encourage everyone to vote for Shilpa in tomorrow night's show."