![]() ![]() The Montreal Humane Society on its Facebook page backed the film’s boycott, urging filmgoers to “choose entertainment or recreation activities that do not involve the exploitation of animals.” If additional footage exists, it should be made public, but it won’t change the footage of a terrified dog forced into churning water any more than nanny-cam footage of a bedtime story changes footage of a caregiver hitting a child.” Whistleblowers invariably fear for their jobs, but this footage was bravely made public after PETA exposed cruelty to animals at the film’s reported dog supplier. ![]() PETA spokeswoman Lisa Lange responded: “It takes a cold heart not to find this footage disturbing, so PETA asks whether A Dog’s Purpose was written from the heart or just to make a buck. He went on to parse that it was a “mistake” to attempt to “dip the dog in the water to show him it was OK,” while remarking that, overall, “the water wasn’t his issue, it was the location that was the issue, and the dog happily did the stunt when he was allowed to return to his original spot.” Universal Cancels Premiere of 'A Dog's Purpose' Bruce Cameron, also a co-screenwriter on the upcoming Universal project, released a statement describing the video as “shocking,” but casting doubt on the motivation of “the people who shot and edited” the footage, since if “something was wrong, why did they wait 15 months to do anything about it, instead of immediately going to the authorities?” Two days after a disturbing video was released of a stressed German shepherd performing a stunt on the set of A Dog’s Purpose, and less than 24 hours following the cancellation of the film’s premiere after a boycott call by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the author of the eponymous book the film is based on is speaking out. ![]()
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