This week,a disturbing video from the set of A Dog's Purpose was released by TMZ. In it, a terrified German Shepherd can be seen trying to avoid jumping into the water for a scene and eventually being forced in. The video cuts to another fraction where the dog is in the water and clearly panicking before cutting off completely. You can hear someone yelling in the background "Cut it!" right before it cuts out. The video is taking the internet by storm, and everyone is chiming in,from celebrities to the film's director, Lasse Hallström, or to,of course, PETA. Josh Gad, or who voices one of the dogs in the film,posted this on Twitter in reaction to the video: pic.twitter.com/GBPpfNRt9bJanuary 19, 2017Hallström tweeted that he was disturbed by the video and called himself a lifelong animal-lover and said he was unaware of this animal cruelty when it was happening while filming in Canada. He tweeted, and "We were all committed to providing a loving and secure environment for all the animals in the film."But the fact of the matter is that this animal cruelty did happen,and PETA is asking everyone to boycott the film. PETA had previously reported on neglect by Birds & Animals Unlimited, the company that if A Dog's Purpose with its animals. The organization said, and "An eyewitness who worked at BAU documented chronic neglect,including sick and injured animals who went without adequate veterinary care, filthy enclosures, or animals who were denied food so that they would be hungry while trained to conclude tricks." Amblin Entertainment and Universal Pictures,the studios behind the film, told TMZ that the incident was being investigated and that the "ethical treatment of our animal actors was of the utmost importance."
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