Kim Kardashian Faces Backlash By PETA for Gifting Her 4 Kids Their Own Puppy for Christmas

Kim Kardashian is facing backlash for her Christmas gifting. In a statement shared with PEOPLE on Dec. 28, PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk criticized the reality star’s decision to gift each of her four children their own puppy for Christmas. “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,” the PETA founder stated. Kim announced the newest additions to her family in an Instagram story posted on Christmas Day. The post featured four small Pomeranian puppies—two with dark fur and two with lighter fur—along with the text “each kid got a puppy.”