People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) officials have strongly criticised pop singer
Justin Bieber for posing with a
Bengal tiger
at his father's engagement party. The 'Baby' singer had come to his hometown Toronto, Canada to celebrate his father
Jeremy Bieber's engagement
to longtime girlfriend
Chelsey Rebelo
.
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Justin Bieber wants kids before he turns 30According to a report on IndianExpress.com, the party was held at a private residence, where an art show called Nyotaimori Celebrating Life Love And Art was simultaneously on display. Among the unlikely items exhibited at the do were the Batmobile and a Bengal tiger. However, PETA officials slammed the singer after he posted a photo of himself gently petting the big cat on Instagram. According to the organisation's top officials, the exotic animal was borrowed from local Bowmanville Zoo and the owner of the tiger was recently reportedly charged with five counts of cruelty to animals, after a video from PETA showed him whipping a young tiger.
'Justin Bieber is lucky not to have had his throat torn out by this stressed captive tiger,' PETA Senior Vice President Lisa Lange said in a statement. The statement further read, 'Tigers used for photo ops are torn away from their mothers shortly after birth, and the Bowmanville Zoo, in particular, was caught whipping one tiger more than 17 times, even after the cat was lying on his back in a position of submission and fear. This is why PETA urges everyone to stay far away from cruel and dangerous big-cat photo ops and also why we're asking Justin to vow that this will be his last time promoting these types of abusive outfits.'
Bieber has not responded to PETA's letter till now.