Influencer With Over 1 Lakh Followers Kicks Dog For Video, Says She's 'Animal Lover' After Outrage

Instagram influencer Kajal Kiran is being trolled and rightly so, as she kicked a stray dog while filming a video.

Kajal, who has 1,21,000 odd followers on Instagram, caused an uproar on social media platforms after a viral reel showed her kicking the dog and laughing. Following this, animal lovers on the platform reported the Instagram video and mailed complaints to authorities.

Internet is furious

Vidit Sharma, founder of a trust called ‘Save a Stray’, tweeted, “How can you be so insensitive toward these voiceless souls… If you cant love them dont hurt them.”

Tarana Singh, an activist, wrote, “What a horrible “IN(HuMaN)”… Will we stoop so LOW for Self Aggrandisement & Likes/ Followers? What are we teaching the youth & children? [sic]”

What a horrible “IN(HuMaN)”

Will we stoop so LOW for Self Aggrandisement & Likes/ Followers? What are we teaching the youth& children ? @RobRobbEdwards @Lin11W @julie_dutto @minsquish @LiveByInstinct @BhavreenMK @avc_201 @Maco125198161 @DarPallavi @rupunkel @SENTHILSSK1982 https://t.co/3Ws8mbjB1f

— tarana singh (@tarana2510) November 30, 2022

As Twitter users condemned the insensitivity of the so-called influencer, people started looking up the person to report the incident and her account to the authorities for her obnoxious behaviour.

Influencer posted apology video

Facing flak, the influencer, identified as Kiran Kajal, issued an apology in which she said she is an animal lover and she kicked the dog out of fear. The original video was deleted and the content creator posted videos of her feeding dogs and caring for them.

“Hi Guys, I am sorry for my cruel act, this was a heat of moment. I regret my actions and didn’t realize the gravity at that point of time. I vow to not harm any animals, [sic]” she wrote in the caption. An NGO called Animal Hope and Wellness commented, “That wasn’t funny, it was disgusting. I guess it amusing was to you and the people around you, but not to many of us. You showed your “true colors” and so don’t pretend now to be someone you’re not. Make sure you’re not around any animals from now on, they will be much better off.”

She posted another video claiming ‘innocence’

Kajal apologised again and posted a video showing her feeding biscuits to stray dogs. She reiterated that she is an animal lover and claimed that this video was old and that she had not shot it after getting backlash for the video where she kicked the dog.

In the video, she claimed it would be how she would be remembered after she is “gone”. She claimed she has done good (for others) all her life and that people were bent on focusing on her “one mistake”. The video showed her giving drinking water to a stray dog and helping people asking for alms on the streets, specially-abled individuals, children, or those otherwise seeming to be in financial distress.

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