“We are looking into it.” was what a rep from USDA had to say to TMZ when asked about yet another complaint launched by PETA against Doc Antle after a since deleted clip of Royalty, Chris Brown’s daughter riding and Elephant was posted to the Tiger King star Instagram.
According to PETA, Doc Antle letting the 7 year old take a joy ride on an elephant’s giant noggin wasn’t just dangerous and irresponsible, but illegal too … at least
The animal rights organization fired off a letter Tuesday to the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, calling on it to investigate the ‘Tiger King’ star’s operation of his Myrtle Beach safari … alleging he’s violating a number of regulations at the forefront is this most recent incident with Chris Brown’s daughter.
According to the letter, obtained by the Blog, PETA claimed that Doc violated the Animal Welfare Act by allowing 7-year-old Royalty to swim with one of the elephants. They claimed it was super dangerous for the girl to dive off the animal’s giant head. By letting Royalty jump around and getting lifted by the elephant’s powerful trunk the organization is displeased at Doc’s clear violation to Animal Rights and welfare and they insist it is addressed suggesting a full probe of the property by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture .
Doc Antle on the other hand tells a similar tale of when Lil Pump visited saying, “Not a thing came of that elephant complaint after USDA investigated it. Just a huge waste of time and resources for the federal veterinarians who have to check out these erroneous allegations. We are in no ways in violation of the animal welfare act. We have continuously perfect inspections.”
