*These are simply links to websites that highlights the deaths of animal actors in the production of The Hobbit.
That's right, you heard me. Approximately 27 animal actors(horses, ponies, goats and some chickens) have died due to gross negligence of the caretakers of the set. Or rather, the key members of the set having turned a blind eye of the unsafe conditions of the farm where the animal actors were kept.
I was appalled to find this news because as I watched the LOTR trilogy as a child and was hooked and loved the beauty of Tolkien's Middle Earth. Peter Jackson's movie adaptation of The Hobbit was something like revisiting a childhood memory. The movie overall was stupendous and wonderfully paced but the behind-the-scenes events disappoints me greatly.
This was a time where animal were primary mode of transportation and of course, naturally such a movie with lots of animals involved could have taken extra measure to ensure the animals are at their best and well provided.
Nope, it would appear the animals were treated very poorly and this issue is brazenly being denied by Peter Jackson himself, who admitted that these were 'preventable deaths'.
It makes me wonder, how many animals deaths were there in the making of the LOTR trilogies 10 years ago?
It sad that I was all over for the next installment Desolation of Smaug but this shit just ruined me. I am positive that when I do sit in the cinema at December 2013, I am gonna think "How many critters died in the making of this motherfucker?".
Mr. Jackson, I cannot convey how disappointed I am to know of this. Some of the animals that died were prolly someone's pet, think about it.
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