Former Pak captain Shahid Afridi slammed on Twitter for housing chained lion
Former Pak captain Shahid Afridi faced the anger and rage of Twitterati after he shared a picture of his daughter copying his style of arms-raised celebration with a lion chained in the background at his Karachi resident.
Great to spend time with loved ones. Best feeling in the world to have my daughter copy my wicket taking celebrations. And yes don't forget to take care of animals, they too deserve our love and care :) pic.twitter.com/CKPhZd0BGD
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) June 9, 2018
This picture was uploaded on Saturday with Shahid's daughter copying his Boom-Boom pose with a lion in the background and another picture was where he was hand feeding a baby deer.
He even captioned it, "Best feeling in the world to have my daughter copy my wicket-taking celebrations. And yes don’t forget to take care of animals, they too deserve our love and care."
I’m absolutely appalled with what #ShahidAfridi is doing. You can’t keep a #lion out of its natural habitat all chained up & then claim that u r loving animals. The lion looks weak & so done with life. I feel so bad for it. #PETA #AnimalRights #cricket #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/IiphTknlhX
— Mia Utopian (@mia__utopian) June 9, 2018
Shahid afridi tweets for animals roasted for posting pic chained lion... '👍👏👏👏👏👏
— kashish (@kashish36849074) June 11, 2018
"Great to spend time with loved ones . best feeling in the world to hv his daughter copy his wicket taking celebrations..." pic.twitter.com/x6XR6c39t0
Shahid Afridi has a pet lion who is confined at his home and it's chained, this is so barbaric and inhumane poor creature should be in its natural habitat, running & hunting . where are animals protection organisations. Fuck your wealth & fame if it doesn't give you compassion
— Rainbow (@pavlovscat8) June 9, 2018
While some said "You didn't understand he is asking people to generously feed animals during Ramzan" others called it barbaric. Some even said that the lion should not be out of its natural habitat.
Shahid Afridi’s Response pic.twitter.com/qAllGUYxFN
— TEAM AFRIDI (@TEAM_AFRIDI) June 10, 2018
In his defence, Shahid tweeted a picture of the animal along with the people who own them. He once again shared the pictures and captioned it
"I respect that animals need free space and wildlife for survival, however, I would like to state facts for the record. These pictures are of my house and not of any zoo, the animals displayed in the picture were brought to my house for showing it to my kids, the owner has tamed them since they were 2 months old and they are this big, they are totally home brought up, the person who owns them has a license as well."
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First published: 11 June 2018, 17:00 IST