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HI GUYS I'M ALEX FARNHAM AND THIS IS ANIMALIST NEWS.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN FILM CREDITS THAT SAY "NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED" IN THE MAKING OF THIS MOVIE?
WELL THE AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR MONITORING THE SAFETY OF ALL ANIMALS ON MOVIE SETS RIGHT...? BUT SHOULD WE TRUST THEIR OPINION?
RECENTLY, ANIMAL ACTIVISTS - AS WELL AS THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER'S GARY BAUM - ARE ACCUSING
THE AHA OF NOT REPORTING ANIMAL DEATHS ON SET.
BAUM'S ESSAY, "NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED" SUGGESTS THAT THE AHA MAY BE DISREGARDING
ANIMAL ABUSE IN ORDER TO PLEASE FILM DIRECTORS. IN FACT, IN A SHOCKING EMAIL, AHA MONITOR GINA JOHNSON,
WRITES TO A CO-WORKER SAYING "KING," THE BENGAL TIGER IN THE LIFE OF PI, ALMOST DROWNED ON
SET IN 2011. IT READS, "THIS ONE TAKE WITH HIM JUST WENT
REALLY BAD AND HE GOT LOST TRYING TO SWIM TO THE SIDE... DAMN NEAR DROWNED... DON'T
MENTION IT TO ANYONE, ESPECIALLY THE OFFICE." ALSOS DID YOU KNOW THAT UP TO TWENTY SEVEN ANIMALS INCLUDING GOATS,
CHICKENS, AND HORSES SUPPOSEDLY DIED DURING THE HOBBIT. AND MULTIPLE FISH AND SQUID WERE CLAIMED
TO HAVE PERISHED DUE TO HUGE UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONS IN PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN. ALSO A HUSKY WAS
ALLEGEDLY PUNCHED DURING THE MAKING OF DISNEY'S EIGHT BELOW.
ALL OF THESE MOVIES, HOWEVER, RECEIVED THE "NO ANIMALS HARMED" AWARD IN THEIR
CREDITS BECAUSE THE AHA BELIEVES THAT THE ANIMALS WEREN'T "INTENTIONALLY" HARMED...HMMM INTERESTING
RIGHT? BUT GET THIS, ALTHOUGH THE ASSOCIATION HAS
BEEN PRESENT FOR MORE THAN THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND PRODUCTIONS SINCE 1980, THEY HAVE NEVER EXERCISED
THEIR RIGHT TO CITE OR ARREST ANYONE FOR ANIMAL ABUSE.
CURRENT AHA REPS ARE SO SWAMPED WITH MOVIES, THAT MANY, REPORT ONLY VISITING A SET FOR
FIVE MINUTES BEFORE APPROVING IT. THA'T S NOT A VERY LONG TIME!
SO SHOULD WE STOP HAVING LIVE ANIMALS IN MOVIES AND RELY ONLY ON SPECIAL EFFECTS? LET ME KNOW
IN THE COMMENTS BELOW. DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT SOME OTHER EPISODES OVER HERE.
AND HEY SHARE THIS EPISODE WITH YOUR FRIENDS. UNTIL NEXT TIME I'LL SEE YOU HAIRY MAMMALS LATER!