About half way through reading Water For Elephants I realized that the film was going to be very different than the book and decided I probably wouldn't go see it. In reading reviews for the film I came across something far worse than deviating from the original story. As the video below will show, the elephants used in the film were subject to animal cruelty (bull hooks and electrical shocks) in order to have them perform their tricks. I know this isn't shocking news for anyone to hear that animals don't dance and stand on their heads naturally, but you would think that in an age of CGI, movies wouldn't have to resort to these measures anymore.
PS- There are also reports that an unknown primate (probably an orangutan) was shaved, topped with a blonde wig, and forced to play the character of Marlena
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