14 DAY TRIAL // Earlier this month, Katy Perry debuted her “Roar” video. Fans might have been delighted with her choice of a jungle-themed background, but green-group PETA was anything but pleased with the singer's decision to have several wild animals star in her video.
Long story short, the organization is now saying that, all things considered, the animals used in this video probably suffered grave abuses at the hands of their trainers.
Besides, they must have endured extreme stress during the shooting of the video, given the fact that they found themselves in unfamiliar environments and asked to behave in a certain manner.
“Animals used for entertainment endure horrific cruelty and suffer from extreme confinement and violent training methods,” a spokesperson for the organization told members of the press, as cited by Huffington Post.
Furthermore, “They often become stressed and anxious when hauled around and forced into unfamiliar or frightening situations.”
The animal rights activists are quite convinced that the animals used to shoot “Roar” are victims of cruelty and abuse, the same source tells us.
More precisely, their accusations are based on information saying that The Serengeti Ranch, which is the company believed to have supplied the animals starring in “Roar,” has many times been inspected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
“The Serengeti Ranch, the animal exhibitor that we believe supplied the animals for the 'Roar' video, has been inspected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture 22 times since 2001,” PETA explains.
From PETA's standpoint, a company's being inspected this often by officials working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture can only mean that something is seriously off.
What's interesting is that, not very long ago, the animal rights activists congratulated both Katy Perry and her ex-husband, Russell Brand, for embracing a vegetarian lifestyle.
Still, the singer's latest video appears to have changed PETA's opinion of her.