Luck

[TouchOfGrey]

HBO to suspend filming with horses on racing drama ‘Luck’ after 3rd horse fatality

[Dahoss]

That's unfortunate, but this horse didn't die while filming a scene. She reared back while being led to the stable and hit her head on the ground.

A freak accident. Reminds me of what happened to Exogenous before the 2001 Distaff.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by TouchOfGrey

HBO to suspend filming with horses on racing drama ‘Luck’ after 3rd horse fatality

The first two horse deaths drew criticism from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which said that safety guidelines used in filming failed to prevent the deaths “so clearly they were inadequate.”

Good thing they arent against seat belts...

[Honu]

Well perhaps if America Humane would allow lip chains to be used on horses that are high strung or goofy then maybe they wouldnt act up in the street and kill themselves.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Honu

Well perhaps if America Humane would allow lip chains to be used on horses that are high strung or goofy then maybe they wouldnt act up in the street and kill themselves.

Why would they have a say? It is a pretty basic horse industry standard to use lip chains on unruly horses. Appeasing these people never works.

[Honu]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Why would they have a say? It is a pretty basic horse industry standard to use lip chains on unruly horses. Appeasing these people never works.

You cannot believe how much say they have in everything. I saw the horse being stupid and jumping around in the street, the guy on the end of the shank had no shot. These horses are being fed and trained like race horses so they are acting like them as well and the stupid azz's from America Humane want to tell the people who actually know what they are doing how to do it.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Honu

You cannot believe how much say they have in everything. I saw the horse being stupid and jumping around in the street, the guy on the end of the shank had no shot. These horses are being fed and trained like race horses so they are acting like them as well and the stupid azz's from America Humane want to tell the people who actually know what they are doing how to do it.

It's a shame. PETA is useless, it's appalling they have input into anything concerning the well-being of animals, and American Humane Society has turned into an offshoot of ex-PETA people.

[Danzig]

from slate on the topic:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/...d_horses_.html


What’s less clear is why Luck’s horses are garnering this response. What makes the suffering of animals in the service of making television so much worse than the suffering of animals in the service of making steak or scrambled eggs? As TIME television critic James Poniewozik writes, “I eat too many hamburgers to pass judgment on Luck,” adding, “I can’t take the moral high ground—again, too many burgers—but logical or not, there’s just something more discomfiting about knowing that horses died so we can watch them in the comfort of our living rooms.”


and further down:


While I am obviously glad that the American Humane Association protects animals on set (they provide the “no animals were harmed” certification), the first thing to pass through my head after hearing news of Luck’s cancellation was the Onion headline “Many Animals Harmed In Catering of Film.” Yes, we make a distinction between animals that suffer for our nourishment and animals that suffer for our entertainment. But when we can get plenty of nutrition without making animals suffer, the justification for that distinction seems unclear.




i think he made some very good points. but i guess it's like dolphin-safe tuna. nobody cares about the tuna!