Hollywood Animal Trainer Caught on Video Viciously Whipping a Young tiger

Hollywood Animal Trainer Caught on Video Viciously Whipping a Young Tiger

PETA eyewitness has caught the owner of the tiger used in Life of Pi, Bowmanville Zoological Park owner Michael Hackenberger, on video viciously whipping another Siberian tiger named Uno approximately 20 times in a row during a savage training session. The young tiger was so traumatized that he involuntarily emptied his anal sacs, a fear response in big cats. “I got a bit angry there,” Hackenberger later admitted.

Hackenberger, who has supplied animals to many TV and film productions, including The Interview, was recorded repeatedly whipping Uno, even on the face.

“I like hitting him in the face. And the paws … being on the rock, when you hit him, it’s like a vice,” Hackenberger told PETA’s eyewitness. “It stings more.” He admitted that such beatings would cause public outrage if exposed. “If … we’d been running a videotape … of the times I struck this animal … PETA would burn this place to the ground.”

What You Can Do

Vote against cruelty with your wallet: Never buy tickets to any movie or live performance that uses wild animals. When their revenues take a hit, animal abusers take notice. For example, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced in 2015 that it is ending elephant acts because of the shift in public opinion on the use and abuse of animals for “entertainment.”

http://headlines.peta.org/uno-tiger-abuse-animals-in-entertainment/




The owner of the Bowmanville Zoological Park is vehemently denying that he viciously whipped a tiger, saying he’s the one under attack from animal rights activists.

The group, People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), released a video recorded by one of its members showing Michael Hackenberger trying to control the animal, which seems to be disobeying commands.

The video begins with Hackenberger cursing at the leashed tiger while another trainer tries to control it.

He then begins furiously snapping a whip while the animal falls to the ground with its paws up in a defensive pose.

http://www.citynews.ca/2015/12/22/bowmanville-zoo-owner-refutes-peta-video-showing-him-whipping-tiger/