earlier this year there was a boycott
against a film a dogs purpose because a
video had surfaced indicating that some
of the dogs for the movie maybe weren't
treated as humanely as they should have
been treated now the video was made
public by TMZ we do have it for you and
then I'm going to give you an update on
an investigation looking into the
treatment of these animals and give you
the details on that so take a look hey
you gonna calm down till he goes in the
water
okay you get his feet wet he learns it's
not cold
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it turns out that now there's been an
investigation into the treatment of the
animals on the set it was done by the
American Humane Association and they're
saying that video was edited in a very
deceptive way it was actually two
separate clips that were put together to
make it seem like it was the same
situation although I didn't think it was
the same situation I thought it was two
separate clips that were put together
into one video but maybe some people
confuse that and nonetheless people are
saying hey you know there wasn't any
poor treatment of these dogs so let's
all move on but I do have a twist to
this story now first the investigation
said the following the annual animal
welfare organization stated that the
disturbing leaked video first published
by TMZ which shows a German Shepherd
forced into water before being submerged
quote mischaracterized the events onset
American Humane believes that the
handling of the dog in the first scene
in the video should have been gentler
and signs of stress recognized earlier
that being said it is important to note
that this was recognized and the scene
did not proceed as insinuated by the
misleadingly edited video the video was
deliberately edited for the purpose of
misleading the public and stoking
outrage in fact the two scenes shown in
the edited video were filmed at
different times
the first video scene was stopped after
the dog showed signs of stress the dog
was not forced to swim in the water at
any time prior to shooting the scene
safe safety meetings were held to go
over and reinforce safety precautions
and protocols so they go on and on about
how no no we had people on set ensuring
that these dogs were treated
appropriately we did an investigation
the dogs were treated appropriately this
was a sensationalized story and it is
what it is
well first you guys chime in and tell me
what you think and I have some more
details on this well the aah a is the
organization that's been around for like
a hundred and thirty years and its job
has been over that time to make sure
that there is no there are the people
who say that no animals were harmed in
the making
yes I think a lot of people when they
first saw the story ran to the corner of
like there has been animal cruelty let's
stop it now and then in the aftermath
people are running over to the side of
there was no animal cruelty how dare you
mischaracterized the situation I think
the truth lies somewhere in the middle
and the problem is the amount of faith
that everybody seems to have in the aah
a given things I don't know if you're
gonna mention us that it's had in the
past that have been kind of sketchy
super sketchy so that when you see at
the end of the film no animals were
harmed in the making of this movie it's
not 100% accurate what does that mean
like no stress to the animals are just
no physical harm so for example in my
life of Pi yeah so you can give that
example I don't I don't have that in the
graphics but I do have various examples
to give you anyway so in the life of PI
there was a representative from the a
tha the IFI is a movie about a guy who's
stuck with animal especially a tiger on
a boat in the middle of the ocean and so
what ends up happening is a lot of those
scenes are done CGI some of them are
done with an actual tiger named King and
there's an a H a person on set supposed
to monitor all this stuff who was
incidentally allegedly sleeping with one
of the producers so there was a little
you know you know cloudian of the waters
an email was intercepted after one take
that said this one take with him just
went really bad him being the the tiger
named king and he got lost trying to
swim to the side damn near drowned don't
mention it to anyone especially the
office I have downplayed the out of
it and so you have these times when the
aaj is kind of on the inside and they're
the ones who are saying stamping this is
okay to do and they're no animals were
harmed yeah so there is an issue
involving conflict of interest there
could be issues with the way the
American Humane Association is funded
and its close ties to these production
companies and so it's not a completely
unbiased source of figuring out whether
or not the animals are treated
appropriately on set now you gave an
example that seems extreme but The
Hollywood Reporter actually did this
insane expose of that highlighted
several cases of
that were mistreated on set in some
cases animals that died on set and/or
died during the production of these
films I should be absolutely clear and
the aah a gave those films the stamp of
approval that no animals were harmed
during the making of this film so let me
give you some more examples let's go to
graphic 15 this is according to the
investigative reports The Hollywood
Reporter did the AAA has awarded its no
animals were harmed credit to films and
TV shows on which animals were injured
during production it justifies this on
the grounds that the animals weren't
intentionally harmed or the incidents
occurred while cameras weren't rolling
so to give you some specific examples
during the filming of another
blockbuster Peter Jackson's The Hobbit
an unexpected journey 27 animals
reportedly perished including sheep and
goats that died from dehydration and
exhaustion or from drowning in water
filled gullies during a hiatus in
filming at an unmonitored New Zealand
farm where they were being housed and
trained so the h.a official then told
animal trainer John Smith who was making
a big deal about this to his credit that
because the deaths had taken place
during the hiatus the eh-eh-eh had no
jurisdiction the h.a eventually bestowed
a carefully worded credit that noted it
quote monitored all of the significant
animal action no animals were harmed
during such action so they were really
careful with their wording there but
before they had given that excuse of oh
it's not in our jurisdiction they had
told the animal trainer
oh well I mean it's really hard to
provide evidence that these animals died
so we're just gonna leave it alone and
he's like no no you don't get it I
buried those animals myself so I can
provide evidence and that was when they
moved on to the other excuse of well
it's not in our jurisdiction of the
other sheep the surviving sheep if
anything happened but they were like NAT
Brett I'm trying to provide a little
levity no I know it was this otherwise
very serious situation yeah but I have
more examples for you guys a husky dog
was punched repeatedly in its diaphragm
on Disney's 2006 an Arctic sledding
movie eight below
a starring Paul Walker and a chipmunk
was fatally squashed in Paramount's 2006
Matthew McConaughey Sarah Jessica Parker
romantic comedy failure to launch
okay so there have been various examples
of animals that again have either been
severely injured or have been mistreated
or in some cases have died and the AAA
either refused to fully investigate it
or still gave the movie its stamp of
approval and so look why am i giving you
all of this context of this information
it's not to say that for sure without a
shadow of a doubt the dogs in this case
a dog's purpose were mistreated we don't
know right because we didn't do the
investigation all we have is a clearly
edited video but you should know that
the you know safeguards that we have in
place for these animals on set have
honestly been corrupted and and have
various interests at play behind the
scenes that could influence their
decisions so we should obviously maybe
take some action against this and really
have an independent body taking a look
at the treatment of these animals on set
and besides which I just think it's
weird to put animals in this position
for our entertainment yes right it's
it's I I feel so disillusion now I
didn't know any of this before you two
told me that when you read no animal was
harmed you implicitly understand that to
me no animal most harmed not just
legalese jumping through loopholes to
avoid any kind of liability for an
animal's death it is probably related
some way at least tertiary to the
production right it's this is a you're
investigating yourself in a way because
yeah they're the funding comes from like
the the actors unions and the producers
union certain producers bodies and so
they want to get that money and they
want to get it worked out and what's so
frustrating is that the company itself
doesn't just say when something like
what happened on that life of pi
happened just tell what what went down
and say yes there seemed to be some
ethics problems within our company where
this person obviously according to them
downplayed the out of it yes to get
away from something and
and the idea that if there wasn't if it
was just an accident if it wasn't the
result of negligence you can then say
literally no animals were harmed in the
making of this film that's not what
people expect your label to mean they're
like oh my god there was a stampede of
Buffalo and I want to know if all the
Buffalo made it and just because you
couldn't have calculated that a Buffalo
would get stampeded and died and one did
you just say well it wasn't our fault so
we're gonna say that no animals were
harmed correct I don't want to support
financially some movie that caused for
example of Buffalo to get stampeded to
death yeah that's absolutely right and
so look the transparency is important
because we as consumers support things
and prop things up with our money and so
if we don't have the full information of
what happens on set with these animals
then we can't really exercise our our
voice our political voice either in
opposition or in support of various
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