The horse fell on November 2 whereas filming a scene for interval drama “The King of Tears, Lee Bang-won,” Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) mentioned in a press release Thursday.
The assertion mentioned the stunt required an actor using the horse to fall off and the manufacturing workforce had “ready and checked … in case of an accident.”
“But regardless of these efforts, there was an accident during which the actor fell removed from the horse and the horse’s higher physique hit the bottom,” the assertion mentioned. The horse died a couple of week after filming, it added.
“We can not assist however really feel a deep sense of accountability that the unlucky incident has occurred,” the assertion mentioned. “We apologize to viewers once more for failing to stop the accident prematurely.”
In a video posted to the Korean Animal Welfare Association (KAWA) Instagram web page on Thursday, an actor in conventional costume could be seen using a black horse, which has a rope tied to one among its again legs.
As the rope will get tighter, the horse falls face first into the bottom, sending the actor flying into the air, the video reveals. The horse can then be seen kicking its rear legs whereas its head stays nonetheless.
In a press release Thursday, KAWA criticized the manufacturing crew for allegedly failing to test the horse’s situation after it fell.
“Right after the filming, employees ran to test on the actor that fell on the bottom,” KAWA mentioned. “But nobody checked the situation of the horse.”
And public anger was mounting on social media.
“They’re not even occupied with the horse getting injured. The neck has utterly twisted, it is so violent. I’m not watching this drama,” one particular person wrote beneath KAWA’s Instagram publish.
Another vowed to by no means watch the drama once more, including they have been “actually actually disillusioned” by the “animal cruelty state of affairs.”
South Korea has legal guidelines in opposition to animal abuse, however rights teams have lengthy lobbied for stricter implementation of them.
In 2019, there have been 914 circumstances of animal abuse in comparison with 69 in 2010, Reuters reported, citing knowledge revealed by a lawmaker’s workplace.
Causing damage to an animal for the aim of playing, promoting, amusement or leisure is illegitimate within the nation, punishable by as much as two years in jail.
A petition began by KAWA on Thursday, urging the federal government to implement stricter animal security legal guidelines on movie units, has obtained almost 80,000 signatures as of Friday afternoon native time.
KAWA mentioned it can work with KBS to stop such incidents from occurring sooner or later.
Additional reporting by Reuters.