The secretly filmed video released by PETA purports to show a Canadian zookeeper whipping a tiger during a training session.
Animal rights group PETA on Tuesday released a video it says shows a Canadian zoo keeper whipping a tiger during a training session.
In the video, Michael Hackenberger, director of the Bowmanville Zoo near Toronto, is shown whipping a cane as another trainer leads the male tiger named Uno through a routine in the zoo's amphitheater.
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PETA spokeswoman Brittany Peet told BuzzFeed News the video was secretly recorded on Dec. 11 by a zoo volunteer at a training event to which she was invited.
"The jig is up on Michael Hackenberger's animal abuse," Peet said. "He was caught on video viciously whipping a young tiger as he cowered on his back in a submissive position to the point where he emptied his anal sacs."
The video has been edited to 90 seconds, but Peet said PETA has shared the entire video with the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA).
"We do have an open investigation into the matter," Alison Cross, OSPCA's director of marketing and communications, told BuzzFeed News. "It's too early in the investigation to share any details of the case at this time."
Hackenberger did not respond to a request for comment, but the zoo on Monday uploaded a lengthy video to YouTube in which he denied abusing the animal.
SOURCE: BuzzFeed
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