Tiger at prom? Miami school faces backlash for bringing exotic animal to dance
"We all have learned a great deal from this experience," Christopher Columbus High School Principal David Pugh said following the outrage.
A Miami high school is catching some heat after its jungle-themed prom decorations included a live caged tiger.
Christopher Columbus High School, a private Catholic school for boys, held its prom on Friday. By Sunday, video of the tiger pacing in a small cage began to surface online.
"This poor tiger was used as an EXOTIC amusement for the mindless teenagers who were present," Mari-Cris Castellanos, whose brother attends the school, wrote on Facebook. "It is not the student [sic] fault to be so naive BUT it’s the CCHS STAFF who arranged this event, there for they are responsible for this tigers misery."
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