{"id":2215034,"date":"2025-12-28T23:57:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T23:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2215034"},"modified":"2025-12-28T23:57:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T23:57:26","slug":"kim-kardashian-called-out-by-peta-for-gifting-kids-four-dogs-for-christmas-puppies-are-not-plushies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kim-kardashian-called-out-by-peta-for-gifting-kids-four-dogs-for-christmas-puppies-are-not-plushies\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Kardashian called out by PETA for gifting kids four dogs for Christmas: &#8216;Puppies are not plushies&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kim Kardashian was harshly critiqued by PETA after she gifted her four children each a new Pomeranian puppy on Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPuppies are not plushies, and it\u2019s 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,\u201d Ingrid Newkirk, the founder of the organization, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-15416261\/Kim-Kardashian-Khloe-PETA-Christmas-puppies-dog.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told the Daily Mail <\/a>Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIgnoring the homeless animals crisis is inexcusably callous,\u201d Newkirk stated, urging the SKIMS founder \u201cto call PETA or a local shelter the next time [she] wants to bring an animal into [her] home.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kim Kardashian was slammed by PETA for gifting her four children each a new Pomeranian puppy on Christmas. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@kimkardashian<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cPuppies are not plushies, and it\u2019s 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,\u201d Ingrid Newkirk, PETA founder, told the Daily Mail Sunday. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@kimkardashian<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Additionally, Newkirk told the outlet that the Kardashian, 45, can \u201cmake some amends now by sending their kids to volunteer at a local shelter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also suggested the reality star can fund \u201ca local shelter adopt-a-thon or at least one spay day to help stop the growing homeless puppy crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cKardashians\u201d star came under fire after she shared a photo of four puppies snuggled up together via her Instagram Stories.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cIgnoring the homeless animals crisis is inexcusably callous,\u201d she added. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@kimkardashian<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Newkirk suggested that Kardashian can \u201cmake some amends now by sending their kids to volunteer at a local shelter.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@kimkardashian<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEach kid got a puppy,\u201d she wrote over the snap.<\/p>\n<p>Kardashian shares four kids \u2014 North West, 12, Saint, 10, Chicago, 7, and Psalm, 6 \u2014 with her ex-husband, Kanye West.<\/p>\n<p>Newkirk also called out Kim\u2019s sister Khlo\u00e9 Kardashian, 41, for welcoming a black Labrador puppy into her family.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She also stated that the TV personality could support \u201ca local shelter adopt-a-thon or at least one spay day to help stop the growing homeless puppy crisis.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@kimkardashian<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Newkirk also slammed Khlo\u00e9 Kardashian for welcoming a black Labrador puppy into her family. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@khloekardashian<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Good American co-founder shares a 7-year-old daughter, True, and a 3-year-old son, Tatum, with her ex Tristian Thompson.<\/p>\n<p>Reps for the Kardashians weren\u2019t immediately available to Page Six for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from sharing photos of the puppies, Kim <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/24\/parents\/kim-kardashians-daughter-north-west-skips-family-holiday-shoot\/\">posted an adorable family photo shoot<\/a> of her kids in their Christmas pajamas from her brand SKIMS.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A rep for the Kardashians wasn\u2019t immediately available to Page Six for comment. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@kimkardashian<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Kardashian-Jenner clan celebrated Christmas Eve together. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@kimkardashian<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Kardashian-Jenner clan also <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/25\/entertainment\/inside-the-kardashian-jenner-familys-intimate-christmas-eve-as-they-skip-big-bash\/\">gathered on Christmas Eve<\/a> to celebrate the holiday with \u201cjust family.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Kendall Jenner hosted the intimate bash at her Beverly Hills mansion for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Usually, the family<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/12\/25\/celebrity-news\/inside-the-kardashian-jenner-familys-intimate-christmas-celebration\/\"> gathers with several of their closest A-list pals<\/a> for the party. However, they decided to opt out of a massive gathering after <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/11\/10\/celebrity-news\/inside-kris-jenners-magical-james-bond-themed-70th-birthday-fete-with-oprah-winfrey-mark-zuckerberg-and-more\/\">celebrating Kris Jenner\u2019s 70th birthday party<\/a> a few months prior, Khlo\u00e9 shared via her Instagram Stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kim Kardashian was harshly critiqued by PETA after she gifted her four children each a new Pomeranian puppy on Christmas. \u201cPuppies are not plushies, and it\u2019s 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,\u201d Ingrid Newkirk, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2215035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[30058,70626,24003,24159,369362,21913],"class_list":["post-2215034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-children","tag-celebrity-families","tag-celebrity-news","tag-kim-kardashian","tag-peta","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kim-Kardashian-called-out-by-PETA-for-gifting-kids-four.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2215034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2215036,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215034\/revisions\/2215036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2215035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2215034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2215034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2215034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}