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Kim Kardashian proudly posted a picture this week of the four Pomeranians she controversially gifted her children this past Christmas.
The 45-year-old drew the ire of the public when she posted a picture of the tiny pooches sitting on the couch and wrote: 'Each kid got a puppy.'
She shares four children with her third ex-husband Kanye West - two daughters called North, 12, and Chicago, eight, and two sons called Saint, 10, and Psalm, six.
Fans took her to task for treating real animals 'like a Tamagotchi' and buying them rather than adopting from a shelter, a move that saw her become the target of a withering statement by the founder of PETA.
However she shrugged off the criticism and this weekend re-posted the exact same photo of the dogs that had set off the controversy at Christmas.
Some commenters were baffled by the move, leaving remarks like: 'is this rage bait,' while others expressed concern for the welfare of the puppies.
Kim Kardashian re-posted this photo she originally uploaded in December revealing she had gifted each of her four children a Pomeranian for Christmas
'I hope I see these dogs in 10-15 years with you ugh,' sighed one as another wrote: 'They are not accessories. Please treat them with kindness and respect.'
'Who ever sold her these dogs, are not responsible breeders,' opined another Instagram commenter as still another wrote: 'Adopt don't shop.'
'Didn’t you force your last dogs to live in the garage ?' another wondered, referring to a viral TikTok that North had uploaded in 2022.
That post had showed a living space for the family's Pomeranians at the time - a large crate, Christmas decorations and food and water bowls - set up in a garage.
The TikTok drew enough public concern that PETA's senior vice president Lisa Lange said in a statement: 'Knowing that Kim Kardashian is anti-fur and mostly vegan, we are hoping hard that she does not relegate her dogs to life in a garage,' via Page Six.
Meanwhile the decision to gift each of her four small children a Pomeranian puppy this past Christmas drew a more barbed response from PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk.
'Puppies are not plushies, and it’s a damn shame that Kim missed the chance to be a spokesperson for shelter pups and instead is being rightly slammed on social media for that,' Newkirk said in a statement to the Daily Mail.
'Ignoring the homeless animals crisis is inexcusably callous, and so we ask Kim and Khloe, who did the same thing, to call PETA or a local shelter the next time they want to bring an animal into their home — and try to make some amends now by sending their kids to volunteer at a local shelter or paying for a local shelter adopt-a-thon or at least one spay day to help stop the growing homeless puppy crisis.'
Kardashian, who shares all four of her children with her third and latest ex-husband Kanye West, is pictured in Midtown Manhattan this past October
Some commenters were baffled by the new post, leaving remarks like: 'is this rage bait,' while others expressed concern for the welfare of the puppies
Fans took her to task for treating real animals 'like a Tamagotchi' and buying them rather than adopting from a shelter, a move that drew condemnation from PETA
Redditors flew into a fury over the present, issuing admonitions to Kardashian like: 'Puppies are not Christmas gifts for kids,' and writing: 'This is honestly so sad.'
'If they each got a puppy then it’s not special at all. How will they learn to love one pet as siblings when they each get a personal dog like it’s a Tamagotchi?' wrote one.
'They don’t realize what a big responsibility having a pet is, they just have it for show and cause it’s small and cute and it’s something kids want but when the pup grows up they no longer care for it. Absolutely ridiculous,' snapped another.
'Animals and pets are not gifts unless someone has really wanted that pet and will truly look after it. This is f***ed up,' wrote still another.
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