Billie confesses she was not an animal lover when she was a child

 

Billie Piper has been commended by animal rights activists after she confessed her cruelty towards stray pets when she was younger.

The 29-year-old star has admitted she would find stray animals on the streets in her neighbourhood and "launch" them through the air for her own amusement.

Being much older and wiser the singer/actress confessed she is carrying around guilt over her behaviour and wished she could change the past - but bosses at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have praised her for coming clean about her behaviour and have asked her to work with them in a new campaign.
Billie told the Guardian Weekend magazine, "[I would like to change] My throwing animals phase. I used to pick up animals on the street and launch them as far as I could."

A PETA spokeswoman told WENN: "PETA is very happy to hear that Ms Piper regrets the casual cruelty that she perpetrated against animals when she was a child - that's the difference between a person with the real potential to be kind and someone who denies wrongdoing, takes pleasure in it and escalates the damaging behaviour.

"Psychiatrists and sociologists can attest that in cases where animal abusers do not regret their ill deeds, they often 'graduate' to committing violent acts against human beings - unless someone intervenes to change their path... We will be asking Ms Piper to be a spokesperson for our campaign to sensitise children, parents and teachers to the need to develop compassion in childhood through humane-education training in schools and at home."