Animal Cruelty  Update: PETA Responds to American Humane
Society’s Hand-Washing of Hobbit Deaths  Is this horse still
alive? (Warner Brothers)  Earlier today, The Observer wrote an
article that detailed the controversy surrounding the deaths of
27 animals at a Warner Brothers-owned farm in New Zealand. The
Wellington farm housed trained animals for Warner’s $500 million
production of The Hobbit.  While we cast some doubt over the
timeline of the events that apparently exonerated both Peter
Jackson and the American Humane Association (which is the only
organization allowed to issue those “No Animals Were Harmed”™
disclaimers) from investigating the deaths, PETA–which is
protesting the film’s release–offered us some insight into the
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