Singer Beyoncé has posted a photo featuring herself, her husband Jay Z, and their daughter posing with a tiger cub in Thailand. Born Free has conducted numerous investigations into the prop photo industry and found that the animals are often drugged, restrained, or even mutilated to make them safer for tourists to handle. According to Adam M. Roberts, CEO of Born Free USA and the Born Free Foundation: “Celebrities should set a humane example, not an exploitative one, as their potential for influence is massive. Tigers can kill, whether wild or captive, and every unwitting child who chooses to pose with a tiger as a result of seeing celebrities do so is at risk. Imagine if Beyoncé and Jay Z decided to expose tigers to the world by supporting their conservation in the wild instead.”
Link: TakePart