Friday January 27, 2012, 6:28 am
Movies to be boycotted.

Friday January 27, 2012, 6:57 am
Sadly noted... thank you for the information!!

Friday January 27, 2012, 8:04 am
I love puppies but I have not watched any of those Buddies movies and now I know not to, thank you for the heads up, Eco.

Friday January 27, 2012, 8:10 am
oh lord. there's a whole mess of movies grrrr! animals are NOT actors FFS!

Friday January 27, 2012, 11:21 am
Totally unacceptable! Thank you for the information.

Friday January 27, 2012, 11:22 am
Don't you realize that the almighty dollar is all that matters to "Hollywood"?
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
~ Gandhi

Friday January 27, 2012, 11:31 am
totally sad and horrible. noted and signed

Friday January 27, 2012, 11:38 am
3D animals should be used when there is a situation where an animal might be put in danger. In many cases they are indistinguishable from the real animals. In O Brother, Where Art Thou? the scenes were realistic enough that PETA filed a suit against them for animal cruelty. The suit wasn't dropped until the studio responsible for the effects and animal animations proved to the Director/President of PETA that the animals where completely digital.

Friday January 27, 2012, 11:50 am
Horrible!
Films boycotted.

Friday January 27, 2012, 11:54 am
I just saw that "Vampire’s Kiss" was on the list because the character ate a roach. It's like a joke, they are angling for any material to ad and this is only discrediting to the cause. That's disgusting but it's not animal cruelty. They are BUGS not animals, and I kill roaches whenever I see them. Bugs should not be compared to animals, they are NOT the same as a dog or horse, etc.

Friday January 27, 2012, 11:59 am
Beyond belief!!! - not different though to the cruelty in what they call "factory farming". If we eat enough of these poor creatures, we might end up becoming immune to animal cruelty in film.

Friday January 27, 2012, 12:09 pm
noted!

Friday January 27, 2012, 12:12 pm
omg...that's horrible

Friday January 27, 2012, 12:27 pm
Not everyone is cut out to work with animals. Some people are just plain stupid. Others are just plain mean.

Friday January 27, 2012, 12:33 pm
life has value beyond measure
Peace and Love

Friday January 27, 2012, 12:37 pm
We just saw a promo a few days ago for the latest in the "Buddies" series, and I commented to my husband that I always wonder what happens to the many puppies that have to be used in the making of these movies. They grow out of the rolls immediately, and only a few of them are promising enough to be trained further.

I envision most of them landing in a shelter -- and why, when an "Adopt a Buddy" program could surely find homes for all of them? Poor puppies. How many of them from the first movie are even still alive?

Friday January 27, 2012, 1:32 pm
About the "Buddy" movies - how can the director NOT tell when a puppy is under 8 weeks old??? How did these little ones get fed, if the mother wasn't there? In my opinion, any director involved in a movie where animals are used should be required to take a mandatory course in the basics of animal health and behavior.

Friday January 27, 2012, 1:39 pm
Aww that is sad, the buddies movies. It is SOOOOO sad thats those dogs died! :(

Friday January 27, 2012, 1:41 pm
Won't be watching the Buddy movies that's for sure.

Friday January 27, 2012, 1:45 pm
Very sad indeed!

Friday January 27, 2012, 2:25 pm
HORRIBLE....animals should NOT have to SUFFER for PROFIT or any other reason. ''GREED''....trumps the safety of animals!!!!!!!!

Friday January 27, 2012, 2:27 pm
noted.

Friday January 27, 2012, 3:23 pm
boycotted!!!!

Friday January 27, 2012, 3:31 pm
Just horrible and the animals are made to suffer and die while the money goes to to the greedy ones and they don't pay for what happened to these animals.

Friday January 27, 2012, 3:42 pm
Sad and insane. The abuse also happens to animals in circuses. Animals usually do not jump stairs, do not balance on top of balls, etc.. unless they are forced to do these stunts with threats of physical punishment. The solution is to boycott such shows.

Friday January 27, 2012, 4:10 pm
noted. We need to cease using live animals in movies. What they do now with computer animation is the way to present animals when needed. It makes me sick to see commercials still using live animals to push their agenda-money!

Friday January 27, 2012, 4:17 pm
It is horrible the animal abuse involved in '"so called" entertainment.

Friday January 27, 2012, 5:15 pm
Another one to boycott: 'The Grey' misrepresents wolves. Real wolves avoid fellow predators, including humans, entirely, only getting hostile if humans threaten the denning mothers with pups directly. Only diseased wolves will attack humans without provocation. A donkey in the herd or herding dogs on patrol will deter wolf predation on livestock. Thois sorry movie has imitation or goaded wolves attacking humans unprovoked and other misrepresentations. Scrap it for Disney 'Never Cry Wolf', Kostner 'Dances With Wolves', London's 'Call of the Wild', and Kipling's original 'Jungle Book'. Those four give more accurate representations of wolves.

Friday January 27, 2012, 6:43 pm
Thanks for the info.

Friday January 27, 2012, 6:44 pm
I agree Fred about the movie The Grey, I have told everyone I know to boycott this movie, I glad I have never seen any of these movies and will be sure not to, Thanks for sharing.

Friday January 27, 2012, 6:53 pm
Thank you for sharing. Before people pay for a movie look at the american human site below. Its a horrible to navigate website but it has most movies and that happened with animals filming them.

http://www.americanhumanefilmtv.org/

Friday January 27, 2012, 7:34 pm
I HATE TO HEAR THAT PUPPIES DIED AND WERE INJURED WHILE MAKING THIS MOVIE. THERE SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY NO WAY THIS COULD HAPPEN. I HOPE THAT THOSE RESPONSIBLE WERE PROSECUTED AND THAT THEY WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED TO WORK WITH ANY ANIMALS OR BE INVOLVED IN ANY WAY WITH ANY PRODUCTION IN WHICH ANIMALS ARE USED EVER AGAIN. OUR ENTIRE FAMILY LOVES THE "AIR BUD" & "BUDDIES" MOVIES, AND THAT THIS HAPPENED TO THOSE SWEET INNOCENT PUPPIES IS HEARTBREAKING.

Friday January 27, 2012, 9:00 pm
I'm convinced that many movies are shot outside the US not just to save money, but so they can do whatever they want without any federal guidelines or the likes of the AHA or snooping around. These movie people are not to be trusted on their word alone...ever.

Friday January 27, 2012, 10:24 pm
gredy m'fcxxxrs thats what humans are. trying to make money by using the pain of others???????

Friday January 27, 2012, 11:42 pm
Trust movie people? You're joking. They're in it for the money and ego merit. I think all animals,birds,reptiles and sea creatures like dolphins used in movies should be strictly monitored by on-site team of animal welfare people. No movie is worth pain or death of other living creatures.

Saturday January 28, 2012, 12:07 am
Even if no animals were hurt or killed during the actual filming, all the poor things would have to do is watch the movie once the inane "voices" and stupid dialog is added, and they'd keel over dead of embarrassment. I would certainly boycott any of these movies except for the fact that I'd never consider watching them in the first place.

Saturday January 28, 2012, 12:18 am
ty

Saturday January 28, 2012, 7:46 am
The "Buddies" movies are among my daughters favourites. It is so sad to hear that an unethical animal dealer/trainer would put unhealthy and underage puppies in a situation where they would be not survive. It should never have happened. I can't say as I expected expected much better from Disney however. At least the animated films can't harm any real animals. I will have to check out the other "Buddies" titles to see if they got the AHA approval rating.

Saturday January 28, 2012, 8:33 am
They all do it for the love of MONEY, they don't give a crap about who gets hurt, Bastards!!!

Saturday January 28, 2012, 10:49 am
with the advent and excellence of computers and animatronics I wonder why any real animals need to still be used?????

Saturday January 28, 2012, 12:59 pm
People who knowingly hurt any other living creature for "amusement" are less than human and should suffer the same type of abuse as they dole out.

Saturday January 28, 2012, 3:32 pm
There should be a member of the Humane Society assigned to any movie that has live animals. It should be part of the contract as well as the Humane Society being paid for protecting those animals from harm. That is such a shame about those pups. Disney has enough money to protect any animals that are used in their films. whoever was the trainer in the Buddy movies should lose his license as well.

Saturday January 28, 2012, 3:36 pm
It's always about $$$, will not be watching BUDDY movies, nor will my grandchildren and friends...

Saturday January 28, 2012, 3:49 pm
Those dogs weren't "buddies", they were slaves and I hope the training company (puppy mill?) is prosecuted and blacklisted in Hollywood!

Saturday January 28, 2012, 3:55 pm
And now for something completely different: I am disappointed that Winter the Dolphin wasn't recognized by the Motion Picture Academy in the animal actor category. She was a natural! There would have been a problem w/her acceptance speech, though.

Saturday January 28, 2012, 3:57 pm
When I was a child in the '60s and '70s, any movie or nature show made by Disney was pretty much guaranteed to be wholesome family entertainment that was above suspicion. Granted, some were tearjerkers because an animal died as a part of the story, but there was never any hint that the animal was really hurt. I'd like to think that it really was true that animals were treated better back then, before Disney became darker, grittier, and smuttier... but now I'm not so sure. :o(

Saturday January 28, 2012, 4:43 pm
Any movie company that allows a horse to be blown up or other living things to be mistreated should be shut down permanantly. No excuse for this kind of behavior just to raise money and fool the public into thinking that animals are not harmed. Shame on Disney. This is very disappointing.

Saturday January 28, 2012, 4:51 pm
Movies to be boycotted.

Saturday January 28, 2012, 8:08 pm
Exploitation in the name of the holy dollar... UNETHICAL!

Saturday January 28, 2012, 9:16 pm
That's awful. Animals are to be treated no different than humans. They are so precious. Glad I don't invest my monies or time into buying or watching these movies. Now for sure I won't. Thanks Eco Worri

Sunday January 29, 2012, 2:04 am
Orangutan beaten for 20 mins with ax handle by trainer, besides other days of abuse is really no joke. And still got to keep the smile and laughs with Clint Eastwood. Mental torture and a very very sad life... And they primates are like us humans... That is really sad... I think just stick to cartoons...

http://uncivilsociety.org/2008/08/the-death-of-clyde-the-orangut.html

Sunday January 29, 2012, 10:03 am
Poor animals!

Sunday January 29, 2012, 10:47 am
This is good information. Thanks!

Sunday January 29, 2012, 11:39 am
Very sad to see this. Boycott these movies and send a message to the companies that this isn't acceptable,

Sunday January 29, 2012, 2:23 pm
Thank You for the information - Very surprised about Disney - Guess it's just all about making $$$

Sunday January 29, 2012, 10:36 pm
There is little we can do about the movies listed as they are all so old. We CAN boycott Grey, which is currently in the theaters, wolves were mistreated horribly and one was even eaten by the cast.

Monday January 30, 2012, 4:57 am
I'm so surprised. Sadly noted. I was watching one of the movie. Poor animals.
Thank you for the information.

Monday January 30, 2012, 11:22 am
damn, i've seen conan, first blood and snow buddies was on three weeks ago.

Sunday February 5, 2012, 12:28 am
Movies not to watch......

Sunday February 5, 2012, 8:14 am
Outrageous! They should be hold responsible for their actions! Thanks for posting!

Wednesday February 8, 2012, 3:09 pm
THIS IS A VERY SAD HAPPENING. Our family loves the "Buddies" movies. We've rented most all of them. -That this happened to the puppies because Disney Studios was defrauded is UNTHINKABLE & MUST NEVER EVER HAPPEN AGAIN TO ANY ANIMAL ACTOR ON ANY SET OF ANY MOVIE BEING MADE BY ANY STUDIO OR PRODUCTION COMPANY.