While most people use balloons, streamers and flowers as decorations for a party, a Pakistani influencer has irked many online by using a lioness as a ‘prop’.
Shackled with an iron chain, the wildcat was seen lying on a couch at the event surrounded by partygoers amid loud music.
The incident came to light when Protect Save Animals, a animal rescue organistion shared the videos online.
However, a second one shared by the animal advocacy group shows Khan petting the wild animal.
According to a report by Vice, Chaudhry Usama Wains, who runs a registered business of exotic and wild animals in Pakistan, said it is illegal to rent animals for private events but some do it anyway.
As the news outlet spoke to two attendees of the party, they were unsure whether the lion was illegally rented or brought in by a guest.
Time and again, videos and photos have surfaced on social media with people from affluent backgrounds in Pakistan using exotic animals as props.
According to BBC, with certain conditions, the local government has allowed ‘breeding farms’ for wildlife animals.