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"  PETA has publicly criticized Katy Perry for using exotic animals in her latest music video. The animal rights organization has slammed the singer&amp;#039;s clip for &amp;quot;Roar&amp;quot;, claiming that the creatures are likely to have been subjected to cruelty. Merrilee Burke, a spokeswoman for PETA, told the Daily Star that the company that is thought to have supplied the animals for the shoot has a questionable track record. &amp;quot;The Serengeti Ranch, the animal exhibitor that we believe supplied the animals for the &amp;#039;Roar&amp;#039; video, has been inspected by the US Department of Agriculture 22 times since 2001,&amp;quot; explained Burke. &amp;quot;[It has been given] a total of 13 citations during that time,&amp;quot; she added. Burke also claimed that by simply having the animals - including a monkey, parrot, tigers and an elephant - on set, the singer and crew were exposing them to unnecessary stress. &amp;quot;Animals used for entertainment... endure horrific cruelty and suffer from extreme confinement and violent training methods,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;They often become stressed and anxious when hauled around and forced into unfamiliar or frightening situations.&amp;quot; In the past, PETA has had an amicable relationship with Perry. The Indian branch of the organization previously gave the &amp;#039;Firework&amp;#039; singer and her former husband Russell Brand a rescued bullock as a wedding gift when the pair married at a Rajasthan tiger reserve in 2010. Watch the jungle-themed video for Katy Perry&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;Roar&amp;quot; below:      Photo: Getty Images Via Digital Spy. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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