Popular Lead Actress Quickly Offers Explanation After Latest Post Is Met With Backlash And Animal Abuse Allegations
Actress Hwang Jung Eum quickly offered an explanation for her recent Instagram post after it was met with backlash.
On July 25, Hwang Jung Eum uploaded a photo of a tiger seemingly behind a cage. The actress and other people can be seen looking up at the tiger.
In the photos, the tiger can be seen lying on top of a cage-like surface without any flooring to help support it.
Reports also stated that Hwang Jung Eum had uploaded a video clip of a very skinny lion, which the actress has since deleted.
Netizens immediately criticized the actress and alleged the animals were being abused and mistreated at the facility.
- “That’s basically animal abuse, yet you wanted to see it up close, so you wore glasses. You’re amazing.”
- “Poor tiger… Zoos need to disappear.”
- “Did you see the bones in the lion’s back? I think it is malnourished… The enclosures are horribly kept… If I saw this in person, my heart would hurt so much. You’re very evil… What did the animals do to be imprisoned there? How can you laugh while watching them?”
- “You even wore glasses to see the poor tiger…”
- “In what country are animals kept like this? And what is a person thinking when they proudly upload a picture like this?”
- “Is that animal really cute? I feel so bad for it, but I guess you wore glasses to see it up close. Good for you. That animal can only leave that place once it dies… If you have any sense, take the picture down.”
- “This is a picture of animal abuse… How can you happily upload this?”
Due to the backlash, the actress updated her post by adding an explanation to the photos. Hwang Jung Eum also took down the video clip of the lion.
There is more to the photos than meets the eye. The animals are in the wild, and we are inside a bus.
— Hwang Jung Eum
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