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The children's show showed footage of its demise including of the animal's agonised throes of death as part of coverage an Omanian village preparing for its Eid ul-Fitr festival.
Viewers complained to Ofcom and the watchdog has ruled that the goat was clearly seen “twitching”, in close-up, scenes which were “not appropriate on this occasion”.
The BBC showed the scenes from behind and in long-shot so the method of slaughter was not visible.
However, it has admitted that it realised immediately that too much detail was shown and apologised.
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