Video Analysis: Dog Almost Drowns On Movie

Title: Dog Almost Drowns on Movie Set After Being Forced to Perform

Category: News & Opinion

Tags: animal abuse, drowning dog

Teaser: Hollywood needs to be held accountable for the poor treatment towards industry animals.

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Animal movies, while often heartwarming, can sometimes mask the darker side in the entertainment industry. Recently, TMZ published a minute-long (edited) video showing a German Shepherd in apparent distress while being forced to perform a stunt for the upcoming film “A Dog’s Purpose.”

Dog forced into turbulent water

Just short of the new movie release “A Dogs Purpose,” video emerged (dating back to November 2015) showing Hercules, a German Shepherd, appearing terrified to jump into churning water to shoot a scene

And on the day of the shoot, ‪Hercules did not want to perform the stunt portrayed on the tape. So, according to the Amblin production team they did not proceed with filming that shot. “Hercules is happy and healthy," said the

But he still believes the dog in question was treated poorly and the case should be investigated.

PETA calls to boycott the film

Animal rights group, PETA is condemning the treatment of the dog in the scene, and calls for dog-lovers to boycott the film. The incident, PETA say, may be hard to watch, but comes as no surprise for those who have witnessed chronic neglect by Birds & Animals Unlimited (BAU) — the company that, according to a facility manager, supplied the dogs used in the film.

BAU has rented out animals to hundreds of other productions, including The Hangover, Marley and Me, Game of Thrones, and Pirates of the Caribbean according to PETA. And an eyewitness who worked at BAU documented chronic neglect for PETA, showing sick and injured animals who went without adequate veterinary care. Additionally, the animals are kept in filthy enclosures, and are denied food so that they would be hungry while trained to do tricks.

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