11:30 AM PT — A rep for PETA tells TMZ … “Anybody who encourages canines to tear aside different animals must be in jail for cruelty to animals, not on a stage. Until Will Moseley has modified and gained some much-needed compassion since his boar-killing days, PETA urges the general public to vote in accordance with their values and finish his American Idol dream, the identical means he ended the lives of weak animals.”
An “American Idol” contestant is getting dragged for an previous video he posted that exhibits him on a hunt … throughout which he appears to have sicced a number of canines on a helpless hog.
Will Moseley — a High 8 finalist on the present season of ‘AI’ — hasn’t shied away from his looking background in Georgia, the place he is from … and the place he and his household seem to hit the woods fairly typically to take down small recreation.
His father, Todd Moseley, has tons of images of the 2 of them posing with useless wild hogs — which they proudly placed on show. We did some digging, and it seems to be like hog looking like that is authorized in Georgia — with sure restrictions … together with permits, instances of 12 months, and so on.
No matter that, individuals are up in arms over a clip from a pair years again that is disturbing to some. The video in query was thrown up in early ’22 … with Will’s caption as, “These good ol’ January Swims.” He is posing together with his dad and his girlfriend, Ryleigh.
The three of them are seen smiling over the corpse of a hog that seems to be the identical one attacked on video — which May even posted … and which is totally brutal. The animal will be seen cornered in a stream out within the wilderness, the place a pack of canines with Will and co. go on the assault.
Like we stated … even when completely authorized in Georgia, which this seems to be, there’s nonetheless loads of outrage.
People are flooding Will’s IG feedback on this publish, calling him out for what they understand as animal cruelty — with many denouncing his ‘Idol’ run, which goes fairly nicely proper now.
Contemplating how far he is come on the competitors present, it is protected to say he is been a fan fave so far.
Nonetheless, this video of the canines and hog is difficult to observe — and it is forcing some to offer Will and his household a little bit of side-eye. We have reached out to Will and ‘Idol’ … no phrase again.
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A rep for the Georgia Dept. of Pure Sources’ Wildlife Sources Division tells TMZ … “Looking feral hogs — an invasive species — is allowed on non-public lands and, the place and when designated, some public lands in Georgia. The place designated, canines can be utilized in looking feral hogs. There are not any restrictions on that use besides on public lands.”
