‘A Dog’s Purpose’ Investigation Finds That ‘No Animals Were Harmed’ on Film Set
“An independent, third-party investigation conducted by a respected animal cruelty expert into the treatment of animals in the filming of A Dog’s Purpose concluded that an edited video given to the gossip site TMZ mischaracterized the events on the set,” the American Humane Society said in a statement. “The decisions by the individual or individuals who captured and deliberately edited the footage, and then waited longer than 15 months to release the manipulated video only days before the movie’ premiere, raise serious questions about their motives and ethics.”
The statement further reports that the video appears to have been “deliberately edited for the purpose of misleading the public and stoking outrage,” and lists a detailed number of steps that the on-set crew took to ensure the safe treatment of its animal actors.
“The dog was selected for his love of the water, and had been professionally trained and conditioned for the water scenes over the course of six weeks,…