PETA Is Not Happy About the Puppies Kim Kardashian Got Her Kids

It’s a good old-fashioned Christmas suck off (i.e., a competition in which two parties attempt to see who can suck the most). In one corner, we have PETA, the noble but often misguided animal rights group known for actions like throwing paint on people and handing out flyers that say “Your mommy kills animals” to children at The Nutcracker. In the other corner, we have Kim Kardashian, the someday-lawyer/reality star best known for…being Kim Kardashian. So what are these two fighting over? Puppies. 

And no, Kim is not attempting to turn them into a coat.

The drama began when Kim revealed in an Instagram Story that, in addition to adorning them in goth Christmas attire, she also got each of her four children–North (12), Saint (9), Chicago (7), and Psalm (6)–a Pomeranian puppy for their nanny to train. Luckily, their house is made entirely of marble, so the messes should be easy to clean. 

The Kardashians are in (puppy) love! 🐾 Kim Kardashian also got each of her children a puppy for Christmas. 📸: Instagram/Kim Kardashian pic.twitter.com/e6Yqj3hX5C

— Page Six (@PageSix) December 26, 2025

First, let us acknowledge that these are four very cute Pomeranian puppies. Were I to be in a room with these puppies, I would certainly be petting their fluff, booping their noses, and speaking in the most deranged baby voice imaginable. I am only human after all. However, beneath the floof, there is a sinister truth that PETA quickly uncovered: Kim did not adopt these dogs. 

Instead, she bought them—likely from a breeder who specializes in teeny tiny Pomeranians with one chromosome between them. You see the problem here? 

PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk shared her thoughts on the four new Kardashians, telling People, “Puppies are not plushies, and it’s a damn shame that Kim missed the chance to be a spokesperson for shelter pups and is instead being rightly slammed on social media for that.” 

Newkirk’s message wasn’t just for Kim. It was also for her sister Khloé Kardashian, who similarly revealed on Instagram that she’d gotten a black lab puppy for her kids, True (7) and Tatum (3), who also begged Santa for a puppy.

While a black lab puppy doesn’t scream “store-bought designer dog” the same way four microscopic Pomeranians do, when people adopt a dog, they tend to let you know. So I think it’s safe to assume this cutie —whose name is Peppermint, by the way—came from a breeder as well. 

As you can probably imagine, this isn’t the first time Kim has run afoul of the animal rights folks. In 2012, she was flour-bombed by PETA activists for wearing fur to a fragrance launch event (an incident her former media strategist later claimed was staged). More recently, she was called out by Ireland Baldwin for wearing a vintage elephant leather Birkin, which, yes, is a thing, and it costs $125,000. Gross. 

Luckily, according to Newkirk, there is still time for the Kardashian kids to make this right. “[They can] try to make some amends now by sending their kids to volunteer at a local shelter or paying for a local shelter adopt-a-thon or at least one spay day to help stop the growing homeless puppy crisis.” (And if that ain’t the plot of Ryan Murphy’s first straight-to-Netflix Christmas movie, I don’t know what is.) 

While the likelihood of Kim and co. taking Newkirk up on her shelter volunteer idea is slim; the four new puppies will not want for animal companions. Kim also owns three other Pomeranians, Sushi, Saké, and Soba (begrudging respect for the naming construction here), bringing the total Kardashian Pomeranian count to seven. They also have a bearded dragon named Speed. 

May god bless them, every one. 

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