People are furious with Justin Bieber over his recent Insta upload
Animal rights organisation, PETA, are far from happy with Justin Bieber this week following his decision to pose alongside a tiger during his father's engagement party on Saturday.
According to Hollywood Life, the organisation, based in Virginia, were quick to slam the singer's choice and wasted no time schooling him on the harsh reality of the animal's life after spotting a photo he uploaded to Instagram over the weekend.
Crouching beside a docile tiger, the Love Yourself singer can be seen stroking the wild animal in a photo which has also been slammed by his millions of online followers.
Speaking directly to Hollywood Life, PETA Senior Vice President, Lisa Lange, said: "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," she continued.
"Justin Bieber is lucky not to have had his throat torn out by this stressed captive tiger," she added.
Laying into the star themselves, fans of the 22-year-old singer wrote: "Sucks that people who are supposed to give an example do the opposite. This tiger was mistreated and put under drugs just for peoples amusement at a party."
"Oh Justin what are you doing? That poor tiger is on a lead, it's probably been drugged!" wrote another. "This is a terrible example of animal exploitation you should not be promoting this. Please do your research."
Justin has yet to respond to the criticism.
