TIMAL. On Wednesday, August 31, rapper Timal’s two dogs were seized after he posted a video of him kicking one of his dogs. Timal was taken into custody on Wednesday.
[Mis à jour le 31 août 2022 à 22h41] Tuesday evening, August 30, rapper Timal posts a story in which he hits one of his dogs with his foot, to punish him for urinating inside his home. In the evening, the association 30 Millions d’amis announces that it has made a report to the Pharos platform and that it has filed a complaint for animal abuse. For his part, Timal defended himself from his gesture in a second story, claiming to do this for the education of his dog. According to information from Parisian, he was taken into custody on Wednesday, August 31. The newspaper adds that the police already knew the rapper, since, three or four years earlier, neighbors had complained about the nuisance he was causing with his dogs.
The Action Animal Protection association recovered the two dogs of French rapper Timal on Wednesday August 31. The animals were taken to a veterinary clinic and the association said it had filed a complaint for “acts of cruelty”. The association’s president, Anne-Claire Chauvancy, told Le Parisien that the artist’s dogs were “very fearful”. The video and photo of the assault have since been deleted by the author. However, many Internet users have called for a boycott of Timal, who recently collaborated with Booba.
According to the website of Public service “The fact, publicly or not, of exercising serious abuse or committing an act of cruelty towards a domestic animal, or tamed, or held in captivity, is punishable by three years in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros. .” This sentence can be increased to four years in prison and a fine of 60,000 euros in the event of aggravating circumstances. Being the owner of the animal is one. The Seine-et-Marne national police, who arrested the rapper, shared advice. “If you are no longer able to take care of your animal, entrust it to an animal protection association,” she says on her Twitter account.
Timal’s two dogs seized
After the publication of Timal’s video, the 30 Million Friends Foundation indicated on Twitter that it had reported these images to the Pharos platform, but also that it had filed a complaint for animal abuse and requested the safety of the animal. On its Twitter account, later in the morning, the same foundation announced that the “rapper Timal’s dog” was “recovered and brought to safety.” According to Le Parisien, Timal is the owner of two amstaffs, “seized and entrusted to the association Action animal protection.” “They are very fearful”, specifies the association on a daily basis.
Timal’s controversial video
It was on Snapchat that Timal posted the famous video in which he hits his dog. A sequence of only a few seconds, which shocked many Internet users: we discover the rapper delivering three violent kicks on the head of the animal, frightened in his basket. In an image following this video, Timal showed his four-legged companion wearing a muzzle.
A controversy on Twitter around Timal
Causing an uproar on social networks with his video, Timal has also drawn the wrath of defenders of the animal cause such as journalist Hugo Clément or the Fondation Brigitte Bardotwho denounces “an inadmissible gesture” by the rapper and recalls that animal abuse is punishable by “4 years in prison and a fine of 60,000 euros when committed by the owner of the animal!”
Who is rapper Timal?
Born July 10, 1997 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Ruben Louis, alias Timal, became known in 2016 by posting freestyles on the YouTube platform. In 2018, he released his first album, titled Too hot and certified platinum. A second opus, Calientereleased in 2020 and gives rise to two reissues, then a third, Aresin 2021. Timal has collaborated with many key artists of the French rap scene, such as Jul, Heuss l’Enfoiré, Booba or Maes.
Timal and Chameleon, feat. Booba
Before being talked about for animal abuse, on August 26, Timal unveiled the song Chameleon, in collaboration with Booba. A song, taken from the album Aresrelease accompanied by a clip, viewed more than a million times on the YouTube platform.