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Leaked Video From ‘A Dog’s Purpose’ Set Calls Film’s Treatment Of Animals Into Question
Warning: The video above might be unsuitable for certain viewers.
After seeing a press screening of “A Dog’s Purpose,” an upcoming film based on the best-selling novel by W. Bruce Cameron, I was floored by the animals’ abilities to do things that seemed impossible. Now, it’s a little easier to understand why.
In a video obtained by TMZ and posted on Wednesday, a crew member or trainer for the film is seen forcing a German Shepherd to perform a “stunt” that seems extremely unsafe ― so much so as to call into question how animals were handled over the entire course of the film’s shooting.
In the final version of the movie, the police dogappears to bravely rescue a young girl after she falls into a rushing river. But in the behind-the-scenes clip ― which was shot outside of Winnipeg, Canada, in November 2015 ― a trainer is seen pushing the scared German Shepherd into a rough pool of water as he tries to claw his way out. After much resistance, the dog eventually gets into the water, but ends up being submerged for so long that handlers yelled, “Cut it!”
At the start of the video, a person also can be heard saying, “Don’t worry, it’s warm water at least.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...als-into-question_us_587fbef7e4b0cf0ae881a304
Warning: The video above might be unsuitable for certain viewers.
After seeing a press screening of “A Dog’s Purpose,” an upcoming film based on the best-selling novel by W. Bruce Cameron, I was floored by the animals’ abilities to do things that seemed impossible. Now, it’s a little easier to understand why.
In a video obtained by TMZ and posted on Wednesday, a crew member or trainer for the film is seen forcing a German Shepherd to perform a “stunt” that seems extremely unsafe ― so much so as to call into question how animals were handled over the entire course of the film’s shooting.
In the final version of the movie, the police dogappears to bravely rescue a young girl after she falls into a rushing river. But in the behind-the-scenes clip ― which was shot outside of Winnipeg, Canada, in November 2015 ― a trainer is seen pushing the scared German Shepherd into a rough pool of water as he tries to claw his way out. After much resistance, the dog eventually gets into the water, but ends up being submerged for so long that handlers yelled, “Cut it!”
At the start of the video, a person also can be heard saying, “Don’t worry, it’s warm water at least.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...als-into-question_us_587fbef7e4b0cf0ae881a304
