PETA has torched Kim Kardashian after she gave each of her four children Pomeranian puppies for Christmas. 

The reality star, 45, introduced four dogs into her family this past week - and faced furious backlash by netizens over her decision to get her children a live animal as a present. 

Khloe Kardashian, 41, also got a new dog for her family during the holiday season - a pooch she obtained from a breeder.   

Now Ingrid Newkirk, the founder of PETA, has issued a statement decrying Kim's present and standing by those who 'rightly slammed' the star. 

Newkirk also called out Khloe for failing to adopt a dog from a local shelter. 

'Puppies are not plushies, and it’s a damn shame that Kim missed the chance to be a spokesperson for shelter pups and instead is being rightly slammed on social media for that,' Newkirk said in a statement obtained by the Daily Mail.

PETA has called out Kim and Khloe Kardashian after they welcomed puppies into their family for Christmas

 Kim announced she had given each one of her four children a Pomeranian puppy for Christmas

'Ignoring the homeless animals crisis is inexcusably callous, and so we ask Kim and Khloe, who did the same thing, to call PETA or a local shelter the next time they want to bring an animal into their home—and 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.'

Kim faced the wrath of netizens after she announced each one of her children had received a puppy on Christmas. 

In one snap, which showed all four of the dogs cuddled up together on her cozy couch, she wrote, 'Each kid got a puppy.'

Kim has four children, daughters North West, 12, and Chicago, seven, and sons Saint, ten, and Psalm, six, with her ex-husband Kanye West.

Some fans took to Reddit to criticize her decision.

'Puppies are not Christmas gifts for kids,' one Reddit user wrote.

Another agreed, 'Animals and pets are not gifts unless someone has really wanted that pet and will truly look after it. This is f**ked up.' 

'If they each got a puppy then it’s not special at all. How will they learn to love one pet as siblings when they each get a personal dog like it’s a Tamagotchi?' someone else typed.

The reality TV star (seen recently) also has dogs Sushi and Sake, whom she adopted with her sister Kourtney Kardashian in mid 2017