Singer has become a point of controversy for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) bosses after posing with a Bengal tiger at his father's engagement party.
He was back in his native Toronto, Canada to celebrate his father Jeremy Bieber's engagement to longtime girlfriend Chelsey Rebelo. where a exhibition was organised and among some unlikely items exhibited at the party were the Batmobile and a Bengal tiger was also involved. However, PETA officials have knocked out at the pop singer after he posted a photo of himself gently petting the big cat on Instagram.
According to the organisation's bosses,the brrowed tiger was taken from zoo the owner of the tiger was reportedly charged with five counts of cruelty to animals, after a video from PETA revealed he was maliciously flogging 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.