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March 26, 2023
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Los Angeles – Under, please discover a assertion from PETA Senior Vice President Lisa Lange in response to reviews {that a} horse suffered a deadly cardiac arrest throughout a 100-strong cost scene for The Lord of the Rings TV sequence prequel The Rings of Energy:
“Evidently residing underground with the orcs is par for the course for the producers of The Rings of Energy, as a result of they’ve the choice to make use of CGI, mechanical rigs, and different humane strategies that wouldn’t run susceptible horses to dying on set. PETA is asking on the present’s creators—and all different producers—to tackle a brand new quest with out utilizing any actual horses. If they will’t keep away from exploiting animals for his or her artwork, they need to discover a new medium, as a result of nobody desires to see a derivative for TV with torment because the theme.”
Throughout the filming of The Hobbit: An Surprising Journey, whistleblowers reported a number of incidents of cruelty and neglect, together with that horses died after being injured on set, a horse was tied up and left for 3 hours on the bottom, goats and sheep died from worm infestations, animals had been trampled, and extra. Simply earlier than that, HBO canceled the horse racing sequence Luck, following the deaths of a minimum of three horses. Final 12 months, a horse’s dying on the set of The Gilded Age renewed requires an finish to utilizing horses for leisure.