PETA charges Bieber for playing with tiger at dad's engagement

TORONTO: Animal rights activists have chastised pop star Justin Bieber (22) for posing with a tiger brought to a 'wild' party held for his father Jeremy Bieber’s (41) engagement with Chelsea Rebelo (28) in Toronto on Saturday. Dressed in ripped jeans and a buttoned-up shirt for the event, the Sorry singer posted his photo petting the large tiger on leash on Instagram on Sunday. Although, he looked hungover as he himself said.

The PETA said in a statement on Monday, "Justin Bieber is lucky not to have had his throat torn out by this stressed captive tiger... Tigers used for photo ops are torn away from their mothers shortly after birth, and the Bowmanville Zoo (in this case), 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.”

The zoo denied all charges, although this is not the first time allegations have been levelled against it. It said, “We find these charges to be completely unwarranted and unsupported by the actual facts surrounding the allegations against Mr. Hackenberger.” Michael Hackenberger is the owner of Bowmanville Zoo. It did not confirm the Robbie tiger at Bowmanville used for public entertainment is the same.

In Munich once customs officials had confiscated Bieber's pet monkey for not having proper documents.