Animal Abuse Allegations
In October 2025, controversy erupted when Hasan Piker was accused by viewers of using what appeared to be a shock collar on his pet dog, Kaya, during a livestream. Piker has publicly denied the allegation.
During a livestream on October 7, 2025, Kaya reportedly stood up from her bed and started to move. According to viewers analyzing the clip, Piker appeared to reach for an object, after which Kaya was reportedly heard making a distressed sound.
Photos circulating online appeared to show a collar with a green blinking light, which some viewers claimed to match the ET-300 'Mini Educator' remote from E-Collar Technologies, a shock-capable training collar. Piker denied using a shock collar.
The allegations drew criticism from PETA. The animal rights organization responded publicly. The New York Post also covered the allegations.
Additional Clips Cited by Critics
The following clips have been circulated by viewers and critics as part of the broader allegations. The interpretations attached to each are those of the viewers who compiled them; Piker has denied using a shock collar and has not publicly confirmed the characterizations below.
| Date | Category | Summary | Clip |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | Handling | Viewers describe this clip as showing Piker pulling his dog's tail. On stream: "Stay. If you run right now, I'll fucking kill you — like I'll actually kill you, okay, in front of everyone. Come here." | |
| N/A | Attitude | On French bulldog health problems: "I don't give a fuck. I know they have breathing problems, I know they're incredibly fucking inbred — I don't give a shit... I don't give a shit. This is a dog." | |
| 10/7/2025 | Collar use | Clip critics interpret as Piker using a collar device to keep Kaya in frame: "Kaya, please just fucking go... just stop... Jesus Christ. What are you doing? You're being such a baby... you're making her stressed." | |
| 10/2025 | Collar evidence | Viewer analysis: the collar appears to "closely match the ET-300 Mini Educator half-mile remote e-collar which does have shock prongs. It seems to match in shape, in the positioning of the charging port, in the texture of the plastic... where the prongs that could deliver the shock are simply removable — you can just remove them, or apparently, maybe plausibly, ostensibly cover them with black tape." | |
| N/A | Fish (prior dog) | Photo/clip of a wound on Fish, Piker's previous dog, which viewers identified as consistent with a prong-collar location. | |
| N/A | Compilation | Compilation of clips critics characterize as collar use. |
Following these events, viewers noted that Kaya's appearances on stream reportedly declined from a previously typical rate of around 70% of streams to roughly 30%.
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