"Drugged Lion." Animal cruelty..Noh Hong-chul is unfair. "Ethical wildlife communion, government operation," head-on refutation [Star Issue]

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Broadcaster Noh Hong-chul was embroiled in a controversy over "animal abuse" after posting a photo of a sleeping lion. It was pointed out that he was a lion drunk on 'medicine', not sleep.

Noh Hong-chul recently released a photo of himself with a lion on his Instagram account during a trip to Tanzania, Africa. "I touch the tip of the sleeping lion's hair," he said, adding, "I'm aging as planned toward Ho-sang."

Photos and videos released showed Noh Hong-chul touching a sleeping lion and lying next to it smiling. In addition, Noh Hong-chul also posted a video of him walking alongside the woke lion.

Not only netizens but also celebrities such as Super Junior Heechul Kim were surprised by the lion's appearance that lost its aggression, saying, "Isn't it AI?"

However, more unexpected suspicions were raised over Noh Hong-chul's post.

An African travel agency posted on social media, "Does this lion look normal? Even if we try to make a fairytale wrap with a sleeping lion, this lion is intoxicated," he said, publicly criticizing Noh's photo.

"The reason why a lion can walk next to you with sleepy eyes, can touch you, and cannot resist even if you hit your stomach is because it has been injected with drugs," he said. "Look at the lion's eyes and behavior. What are you doing to them? They administer sedative sleeping pills such as tranquilizer or sedative, making lions lethargic and sleepy. The documentary Blood Lions (2015) accuses hundreds of lions of receiving drugs in packaging such as "preservation, research, and orphanages" every year of early death from organ damage and injecting new and cute baby lions into tourists in endless inbreeding. This is also connected to the Canned Hunting industry, which brutally hunts lions that have lost their marketability," he said.

Also, "The terrible truth of this accommodation will be a shameful record to post on Instagram. I hope this place will be wrapped up like a dream and this terrible industry will not develop day by day," he said.

As the allegations of "animal abuse" spread, Noh Hong-chul posted on his Instagram on the 15th, "Ethical Wildlife Sympathy" (ETHICAL WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS). I saw the Tanzanian government's keywords for recovering health treatments and releasing natural habitats, but there is also a valuable opinion. If that's the case, of course, I'll be with you," he said, drawing a line in the controversy.

Noh Hong-chul's visit is a facility for "ethical wildlife communication," and the lions are said to be preparing to release animals that were abandoned by their mothers as children and transferred from other zoos after recovering their health.

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