Canada-based group Animal Justice said it had filed a complaint with authorities calling for the filmmakers to be charged with animal cruelty. In a series of tweets, the movie’s director Lasse Hallstrom said he was disturbed by the footage and had not witnessed the incident. I am very disturbed by the video released today from the set of my film A dog's purpose. https://t.co/XuX1rtQe2d — PETA (@peta) January 18, 2017Fuck the movie #ADogsPurpose after seeing them abuse a scared german shepard making the movie. — a/lee/sa (@Alyssa_Argueta) January 19, 2017If you are a dog lover like me, don't go support the movie #ADogsPurpose ... it's under investigation for animal abuse.

Source: Hindustan Times January 19, 2017 06:12 UTC