Animal Cruelty: PETA has released a video showing a celebrity animal trainer Michael Hackenberger whipping a tiger several times until it cowers on its back during a training session.
Hackenberger is the director of the Bowmanville Zoo in Ontario, Canada and his Hollywood credits include "The Interview," "Life of Pi" and "George of the Jungle," a Disney movie.
It's painful to watch Hackenberger appears to whip the animal about 20 times. At one point in the video, he admits PETA would burn his training facility to the ground if they saw his training techniques.
Hackenberger's denying PETA's claims he argues he was hitting the ground with his whip and that PETA sliced the video to make it look worse.
