Jasontheween turned the CORE house backyard into a mini petting zoo during a recent Twitch stream, and the stunt has now pulled in Jacksepticeye, Maya Higa, and a wave of animal welfare criticism.
Jason had a mobile petting zoo setup delivered to the creator house, complete with a temporary pen holding several farm animals. While live, Jason called Maya Higa, founder of Alveus Sanctuary, apparently to show off the animals and get her reaction.
That part didn’t go well. Maya grew upset once she realized the animals had been brought in purely for content, and ended the call shortly after.
For context, Alveus is a nonprofit animal sanctuary and conservation education center in Texas. Maya has built her entire public brand around responsible animal care, ambassador animals, and educating viewers on why exotic and farm animals aren’t props. Calling her to flex a rented alpaca was always going to land badly.
Jack steps in
Jacksepticeye, who visited Alveus not long ago and dropped a reported $100,000 donation, weighed in publicly and wasn’t impressed. He criticized Jason for using animals as livestream entertainment and backed Maya’s stance on how animals should be treated.
His involvement gave the story serious reach. Jack is one of the biggest names on YouTube, and his recent hands-on experience at Alveus made his criticism harder to brush off than the usual Twitch drama dogpile.
Opinions on the stunt itself are split. Some viewers labeled it animal abuse, pointing to the small pen, the chaotic livestream environment, and the stress that loud crowds and cameras can cause prey animals like alpacas. Others argued it was a standard hired petting zoo with a professional handler on site, the same kind of service used at kids’ birthday parties, and that the animals were only there for a few hours before being returned.
What’s not in dispute is the optics. Bringing animals into a creator house as a content gimmick and then ringing up the most prominent animal welfare creator on Twitch to show them off was, at best, a wild read of the room.
