iShowSpeed accused of \u201canimal abuse\u201d after IRL Zoo stream iShowSpeedYouTube star iShowSpeed is under fire once again following an IRL stream at the zoo, in which critics have slammed him for \u201canimal abuse.\u201d iShowSpeed can certainly lay claim to the title of the fastest-growing streamer out there at the moment, with the 17-year-old experiencing explosive growth this past year. However, the streamer has been through quite a few controversies since his rise in popularity. Notably, the popular content creator went viral in April after an old clip resurfaced of him berating a female teammate while playing Valorant. More recently he was even slammed as being \u201cracist\u201d after greeting an Asian fan with the Japanese greeting \u201ckonnichiwa,\u201d despite the fan insisting that he is Chinese. Now, he\u2019s come under fire once again, with critics accusing him of \u201canimal abuse\u201d following an IRL stream at the Zoo. iShowSpeed accused of \u201canimal abuse\u201d after IRL Zoo stream During his recent December 16 live stream, the popular YouTube star headed to the Zoo. Regardless of the setting, he still kept up with his usual enthusiastic personality \u2014 which his fans have come to adore him for. However, the streamer has now been accused of animal abuse, as clips of him antagonizing animals surfaced. The YouTuber was seen barking and yelling at various animals throughout his tour around the zoo, to which many have claimed his actions were a form of animal abuse. \u201cIt makes me so mad.. how can people not see that this is just animal cruelty? Tigers stoned on chains that aren\u2019t aggressive at all? Strange It hurts and the excuse \u2018they don\u2019t know any better\u2019 just doesn\u2019t work,\u201d one critic wrote on Twitter. \u201cThese poor animals in the zoo. The tiger in chains, the other monkey etc. and speed legit just shouted at all of them,\u201d said another. \u201cSpeed is some b***ard holy sh*t. But the \u2018zoo\u2019 is even worse,\u201d another added. While Speed has profusely apologized for his past controversies, he\u2019s still yet to respond to the recent accusations, but we\u2019ll keep you updated if he does.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
iShowSpeed accused of \u201canimal abuse\u201d after IRL Zoo stream iShowSpeedYouTube star iShowSpeed is under fire once again following an IRL stream at the zoo, in which critics have slammed him for \u201canimal abuse.\u201d iShowSpeed can certainly lay claim to the title of the fastest-growing streamer out there at the moment, with the 17-year-old experiencing explosive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}