Are animals abused?
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Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
650
No
75
45
Kalyssta
A bear is held in a cage and he seem very depressed/bad
TV Show • 2016 Report
Yes
410
No
86
27
Toxik
In the first season, episode three Eleven has a flashback from when she was in a laboratory, where she is asked to kill a cat in a cage with her powers. The cat is obviously scared and Eleven can't bring herself to hurt it.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
387
No
21
54
Picklechips
SPOILERS:
the worst is the chimpanzee is shot during the longer flashback about halfway through the film. You can tell it’s coming because you hear sirens. You only see blood splatter on a sheer tablecloth and the chimp kind of quickly falls out of frame. It’s very quick and the chimp is reaching out it’s hand for a fist bump. It’s clearly a CG monkey so that’s good? Helped me get through it at least.
Now for the horses: no horses are shown being abused or tortured in any way (the worst is a horse is sucked up into a dust cloud but he’s not crying out- it’s very quick). In the very beginning after the hospital scene, the white horse is shown alive and well but there’s a key sticking out of its skin and some dried blood. But the horse is okay- it’s just showing hard objects fell from the sky.
The rest of the horses are shown at different points running, and making sounds that echo but It’s never explicit. One horse is shown being sucked into a dusty storm but it’s quick. This is at night maybe 40 mins in and you can tell it’s about to happen. You don’t see any horses explicitly die. Some horses appear to have been sucked up into the sky but we never see what happens to them. Don’t worry about Lucky- Lucky doesn’t die and is never injured. :)
the worst is the chimpanzee is shot during the longer flashback about halfway through the film. You can tell it’s coming because you hear sirens. You only see blood splatter on a sheer tablecloth and the chimp kind of quickly falls out of frame. It’s very quick and the chimp is reaching out it’s hand for a fist bump. It’s clearly a CG monkey so that’s good? Helped me get through it at least.
Now for the horses: no horses are shown being abused or tortured in any way (the worst is a horse is sucked up into a dust cloud but he’s not crying out- it’s very quick). In the very beginning after the hospital scene, the white horse is shown alive and well but there’s a key sticking out of its skin and some dried blood. But the horse is okay- it’s just showing hard objects fell from the sky.
The rest of the horses are shown at different points running, and making sounds that echo but It’s never explicit. One horse is shown being sucked into a dusty storm but it’s quick. This is at night maybe 40 mins in and you can tell it’s about to happen. You don’t see any horses explicitly die. Some horses appear to have been sucked up into the sky but we never see what happens to them. Don’t worry about Lucky- Lucky doesn’t die and is never injured. :)
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
368
No
5
70
AnnMarieNicole
The entire movie unfortunately is set up around animal abuse and mutilation in order to set up Rocket’s back story. It is very hard to watch and very gut wrenching, I do not recommend watching this if you are an animal person. I felt very sick and unsettled after watching this. Very depressing movie.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
336
No
49
110
Thanks to so many of you who give good information. As we all know these animals are not really killed, but who likes to see that kind of suffering in an animal. Even if we don’t actually see the abuse. I’ve come to really really rely on this app for every single movie I am about to watch. And all the very cool people who feel like I do, I am so glad this app exists!
Movie • 2014 Report
Yes
297
No
17
24
JohnCena
The dog is kicked before it is killed.
TV Show • 2022 Report
Yes
292
No
15
28
Bullys kill her pet scorpion
Movie • 2017 Report
Yes
268
No
14
13
DoesTheEddieDie
There's a scene where an antagonist is trying to shoot a cat. many sheep are killed.
Movie • 2000 Report
Yes
262
No
8
10
dog owned by homeless man stomped to death
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
258
No
12
17
cutiepieclo
Animal abuse/experimentation to a dying mystical creature around the 31 minute mark in the 6th episode.
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
253
No
49
48
NaturalBurial
2 goldfishes in water glasses are swallowed alive in episode 3. The scene is quick and not graphic (but I wish I would have known about it beforehand)
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
251
No
41
8
LuckyFox
A dog is captured on screen, then killed off camera. Whimpering is heard during capture.
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
243
No
15
47
embromator
A rat is placed into a pan against someones belly and heat is applied to the pan. Also, some dogs are left in starvation, but they later eat their owner, which is nice.
TV Show • 2008 Report
Yes
237
No
23
25
LydiaRing
Yes, spoilers () a tortoise is used to deliver a bomb and is killed in the process.
TV Show • 2020 Report
Yes
229
No
21
14
Kaytee7
Season 3 episode 3, the deep eats a live octopus. I’m not sure how graphic it was as I forwarded it myself but judging from others comments, definitely one to skip through. When homelander brings the silver platter out skip around 1 min 30 seconds (can’t say for sure as again I didn’t watch it but that’s how much I skipped when I saw the octopus and it was fine)
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
217
No
3
31
cielgee
The dog is extremely well cared for and loved by his owner, but is poisoned/killed by someone else in the town.
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
204
No
22
31
First episode- Misty watches a rat drown in the pool. The rats squealing was unpleasant :(
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
203
No
10
44
Lord
Meant to be comedic but a small dog is used as a weapon and is forcefully kicked through the air, it’s clear a prop dog is used in place of a real dog
Movie • 2014 Report
Yes
184
No
4
6
BumbleBree
The main character (presumed possessed) chases and picks up her pet dog and snaps its neck
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
181
No
17
29
hannahbelle
A kangaroo is left to die slowly, it's implied it was hit by a car. A character makes out with a dog.
TV Show • 2014 Report
Yes
181
No
11
31
Obscured
There are non-sentient chickens that are being farmed for food. One episode centres this concept.
Video Game • 2009 Report
Yes
179
No
25
41
Snailcorn
You can hit/kill animals but there is no abuse that you can't control
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
169
No
37
2
ijustsettheworldonfire
Several animals are killed/found dead in ritualistic sacrifice or as part of spells
Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
167
No
15
17
MaddyZ
Rabbits are eaten and are cloned.
Video Game Report
Yes
165
No
11
10
Violet111
Multiple animals are killed or beaten. However it is not graphic, since it's in Minecraft, and some of the animal abuse/death is just due to the players accidentally misclicking.
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
158
No
25
11
Setton
There are pigs in seasons 2 and 3 that are experimented on to make them eat humans alive, and one pig has a uterus implanted to be surrogate to a human child.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
157
No
2
17
Eratosthenese
There’s a long and traumatic scene in which one of the whale like creatures is brutally murdered. one of the underwater ikran creatures is executed by quaritch. The humans landing at the beginning causes massive fires in which animals are killed. Lots of fishing and killing fish. one of the whale like creatures kills a shark like creature. I would recommend planning on a bathroom break when the whaling expedition starts their hunt. Everything else is pretty short and easy to anticipate so you can look away.
TV Show • 2020 Report
Yes
157
No
8
21
esvlau
EP2 9:53 to 10:00 if you want to skip the tadpoles in motor oil. It’s not graphic though.
+ EP2 14:50 to 15:50 if you want to skip the raccoon dissection.
+ EP2 14:50 to 15:50 if you want to skip the raccoon dissection.
Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
155
No
0
13
Jacc
Is no one going to mention a seagull being grabbed by the neck/head and swung/slammed into the rocks?
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
149
No
1
28
zdy1994
Appa is treated horribly by several characters throughout an entire episode. He is stolen, tied up, sold, beaten, starved, threatened with flames, attacked by other animals. It's a very sad episode, and is hard to watch, and it doesn't really end happily.
Appa is reunited with Aang a few episodes later.
Appa is reunited with Aang a few episodes later.