The exotic and controversial pets of some celebrities
Most people have a great love for animals. Dogs and cats usually accompany them in their homes, but some artists choose very unconventional species
In recent years, the great love that human beings feel for pets has become visible. A report on pets carried out by the GFK agency, Germany's largest market research company, ensures that more than 56 percent of the world's population lives with at least one pet in their home. Famous people are no exception and a great majority live with one or more animals. Among Argentine celebrities, one of the best known "mascoteras" is Susana Giménez who for years did her program accompanied by JazmÃn, her Yorkshire. Nicole Neumann said that she has a farm with 50 animals and 20 rescued dogs. Daniela Cardone lives in her apartment with five cats and three other embalmed ones. Cande Tinelli loves horses and has three.
But on the planet Hollywood, some celebrities decided that a puppy or a cat was not enough company and they live with animals that are out of the ordinary.
Michael Jackson and his chimpanzee
On his Neverland ranch, the King of Pop had his own zoo. In the place there were two tigers named Thriller and Sabu, an albino python, exotic birds and even an elephant, a gift from Liz Taylor. Bubbles, a chimpanzee, was her favorite. The animal accompanied him everywhere and even he presented it as his son. His bond was so strong that it caused a serious run-in with Freddie Mercury.
At the beginning of the year 1982, the Briton was a fan of the American. On the part of him, Michael was struck by the image of Freddie dressed as a king and his great voice. They contacted each other and in 1983 they decided to record a song. Mercury settled on Hayvenhurst Avenue, one of Jackson's California mansions. But the experience did not work. Michael had no better idea than to seat Bubbles between them. But also, between recording and recording, he would ask her: “Did it go well? Do we repeat it? After a few days of strange coexistence, the leader of Queen exploded and abandoned the project. When Jackson died in 2009, his family sent the animals to various animal centers and to this day allocate various funds to support them.
Vanilla Ice's Kangaroo
In his glory years, Elvis Presley was shown with a pet kangaroo and used to pose in different photos with the animal held by a rope. Already in this century the rapper Vanilla Ice decided to imitate him and adopted the Australian national animal as a pet. He called him Bucky Buckaroo, but it seems he missed his habitat, since according to the rapper he ran away from his house one day. The unusual thing is that he did it accompanied by his other pet, a goat named Poncho. They both decided to go for a walk off the property until the Animal Control agency managed to catch and return them.
It was not the only complication that Bucky caused the rapper, just before a photoshoot that he was supposed to do for a show, the animal scratched him and production was canceled. She also had to pay a neighbor compensation after Bucky attacked her.
Justin Bieber, a monkey and irresponsible behavior
When the Canadian turned 19 he was given a 14-week-old capuchin monkey. The singer was fascinated, he baptized him Molly and uploaded photos with his friend to the networks. But 20 days later he started a series of concerts around Germany and there were problems. Upon landing in that country, the authorities verified that Molly did not carry the corresponding entry permits. So the monkey was confiscated and taken to an animal shelter. Bieber was warned to regularize the situation or the animal would become the property of the German state.
The tour lasted two months and upon completion, Bieber found himself with a shelter bill totaling several thousand dollars for Molly's care and attention. So he decided to return to his country and leave the little monkey in the shelter. After the claim period expired, the animal was transferred to the Serengeti Safari Park, a 200-hectare site in the city of Hodenhagen. Today he shares life with six other capuchin monkeys who will surely never leave him abandoned in an airport.
Miley Cyrus, several pets and a favorite pig
The artist is a recognized defender of animals and collaborates directly with PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). She has a domestic farm where she lives with seven dogs, two horses, two ponies, three cats, and until recently, a sow. Her affection for them is so well known that when she divorced Liam Hemsworth, her main conflict was not how they would divide her property but who would get the animals. The blonde had adopted most of her but Liam rescued several of her in the Malibu fires in 2018. Her ex did not want to ruin a divorce that did not appear conflictive and let her stay with all of them even though she does. to visit followed by her.
Of all her companions, Pig Pig, the pig was the recurring star on the singer's Instagram account. Miley adopted her in August 2014 after her dog, Floyd, died. Last year, Miley shared with her thousands of followers her sadness over the death of her pet. "Very sad to say… my dear friend Pig Pig has passed away… I will always miss you," she wrote above a video of herself holding Pig Pig on her shoulder while her pet eats an apple. "Thanks for so many laughs and good times, girl."
Miley wasn't the only one who had a pet pig. George Clooney's longest relationship was not with a partner but with a loving pig named Max. They lived together for 18 years. Singer Ariana Grande adopted one of her along with her ex Pete Davidson, and Tori Spelling welcomed Hank when another family didn't want him anymore. Feliz starred in a production with People magazine to present him in society with the rest of her family. Charlie Sheen gave one to Denise Richards that she ended up on a farm when she reached 130 kilos.
Mike Tyson and his tiger
While serving his 6-year prison sentence for rape, the once-youngest heavyweight champion of all time decided to adopt a pet. But a man who weighed 99 kilos and was 1.80 meters tall could not adopt a small kitten, nor could a Chihuahua. So he decided to pay about $ 60,000 to buy a female Bengal tiger that he named Kenya. They lived together for almost two decades. It was impressive to see him next to the animal that weighed 200 kilos. Tyson took care of feeding her, they walked together and even slept in her bed. But Kenya began to age and according to the former champion, his eyesight and her head worsened.
Tyson was forced to get rid of her after, as he admitted, "tore someone's arm off." The former champion was never afraid of animals considered "dangerous". While he was married to Robin Givens, the couple visited the New York Zoo. During the walk the boxer observed a gorilla fighting with other smaller apes. Willing to intervene, he offered the keeper $ 10,000 to let him into the cage to fight the gorilla. But the caretaker did not accept. That man would be Tyson but the gorilla weighed 200 kilos.
Melanie Griffith and living with 120 lions, tigers and cheetahs
When the actress, the ex-wife of Antonio Banderas, was a teenager, Tippi Hedren, her mother decided to film a movie about the endangered lions. An animal trainer warned her that if she wanted to know more about these felines she had "to live with them for a while." So they adopted Neil, a lion used to living with humans because he had participated in various advertisements. As if he were a kitten, they brought him to his house. The feline weighed 180 kilos and his roar could be heard from several blocks away. So Tippie and her partner, plus her partner's two children and Melanie moved to a ranch.
Installed they decided to shoot the movie Roar. Cheetahs, tigers, pumas, lions began to arrive. What was supposed to be five weeks of filming turned into five years. Melanie was attacked by a lion, she received more than fifty stitches on her face and had to undergo cosmetic surgery to avoid scars. When she recovered she told her mother "I would like to be alive at 20 years old." Today Melanie and her mother describe the experience of living with big cats as pets as "incredible stupidity" and are fiercely critical of those who do because in some parts of the United States it is a legal practice.
