The Hobbit: Ethical issues (LO6)

Ethical issues:
  • Five whistle blowers reported more than two dozen animal deaths during the production of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
  • A horse named Shanghai was hobbled (his legs were tied together so that he couldn’t move) and left on the ground for three hours because he was too energetic for his rider. After ward, in order to hide his rope burns for filming, his legs were covered with makeup and hair. Hobbling is an outright violation of the American Humane Association’s (AHA) guidelines.
  • One horse was killed and another horse was injured after being placed with two highly strung geldings, despite concerns that the geldings would be too aggressive.
  • Another horse was killed after falling off an embankment in a severely crowded paddock.
  • When the horses were moved to the stables, another horse died after being fed large amounts of food that he wasn’t used to. The horse had shown signs of colic, an extremely painful illness.
  • When the horses were moved back to the paddocks after this incident, another horse had the skin and muscles of her leg torn away by wire fencing.
  • Several goats and sheep died from worm infestations and from falling into the sink holes that covered the farm.
  • Numerous chickens were mauled and killed by unsupervised dogs or trampled by other animals when left unprotected.
  • Two horses went over steep embankments and died (one was found with her head submerged in water)

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