Must be Friday. Chris Brown is stirring up controversy again, but no pop singers or plate glass windows were bashed beyond recognition this time.
This time, he isn't in trouble with the law though. It's just his apparent side business breeding dogs and selling them for profit that has people riled up.
The R&B superstar is drawing heat from animal-rights activists, obviously, who want him instead to advertise adoptions of animals from shelters.
On Monday, Brown's manager-mother, Joyce Hawkins, posted a link on her Twitter to CB Breeds, an internet site featuring this cute photo of her son and a pup.
CB Breeds is offering seven fully vaccinated American pit bull terrier pups for $1,000 a chunk. Keep in mind that, the alleged puppy mill drew howls of protest.
While CB is a superbly legitimate enterprise, People for the moral Treatment of Animals (PETA) was quick to issue an announcement condemning him:
"This can be a moneymaking scheme, and Brown will count the suckers who fall for it as he counts the cash to be able to the bank," PETA said.
"There's no such thing as a responsible breeder while wonderful dogs are being put down in animal shelters around the country for loss of a positive home."
"Shelters will count the bodies within the barrel. As Justin Bieber, Kellan Lutz and [other responsible celebrities] always say, "Adopt, never buy."
The L. a. chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, meanwhile, decried what it called his "backyard breeding."
Said spcaLA president Madeline Bernstein:
"There isn't any reason to reproduce and convey more pit bull puppies when there are pit bull puppies watching for homes in every shelter in America."
"Furthermore, as these kind of dogs be afflicted by and are victims in their owner's misuse, they are often even harder to position."
A publicist for the singer denied to E! News that Chris Brown is breeding, insisting that the puppies were a part of a litter birthed by his family's dogs back home in Virginia and were being sold to ensure they get good homes.
"He loves animals, especially dogs," said the rep.
Chris recently posed with a puppy belonging to GF Karrueche Tran, for what that's worth. That's just about nothing, we admit. Sorry.
[Photo: WENN.com]
From WhatNewsToday.net
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