iShowSpeed is back again in headlines: Animal abuse allegations have been made on iShowSpeed after his IRL Zoo stream.
iShowSpeed is one of the fastest-growing content creators right now, the 17-year-old streamer is experiencing a massive increase in his followers.
However, the 17-year-old has been part of many controversies, one of those was back in April when one of his old clips of him berating a female teammate while playing Valorant went viral.
The most recent controversy including him was when he was called “racist” after greeting an Asian fan with the Japanese greeting “konnichiwa,” despite the fan insisting that he is Chinese.
And now the young streamer is once again indulging in controversy after critics made allegations on iShowSpeed of animal abuse.
Animal abuse allegations on iShowSpeed
In his latest YouTube stream, the young streamer was visiting the Zoo.
Regardless of the setting, he maintained his usual enthusiastic personality, which is why his fans adore him.
However, the streamer has now been accused of animal cruelty as clips of him taking on animals have surfaced.
The YouTuber was spotted barking and yelling at various animals during his tour of the zoo, leading many to claim his actions were a form of animal abuse.
“It makes me so mad.. how can people not see that this is just animal cruelty? Tigers stoned on chains that aren’t aggressive at all? Strange It hurts and the excuse ‘they don’t know any better’ just doesn’t work,” one critic wrote on Twitter.
“These poor animals in the zoo. The tiger in chains, the other monkey etc. and speed legit just shouted at all of them,” said another.
“Speed is some b***ard holy sh*t. But the ‘zoo’ is even worse,” another added.
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While Speed has apologized extensively for his past controversies, he has yet to respond to the latest allegations, but we’ll keep you updated if he does.