“ no animals were harmed” really means, “ no animals were being actively harmed in the footage that made it into the final cut” Ethical sourcing, retirement, housing, training etc of animal actors isn’t part of the equation,
If you were to go down this route I would start by strengthening protections for animal actors, and then I think that dead-animals( “ meat”) used as props are more easily lumped in with animal actors , then every animal eaten by an employee during the duration of the film’s production.
“ no animals were harmed” really means, “ no animals were being actively harmed in the footage that made it into the final cut” Ethical sourcing, retirement, housing, training etc of animal actors isn’t part of the equation,
A peta infographic about the animal cruelty in the Making pf the Hobbit films https://visual.ly/community/Infographics/animals/hobbit-unexpected-cruelty An article on the subject: https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-in-entertainment/animals-used-entertainment-factsheets/animal-actors-command-performances/
If you were to go down this route I would start by strengthening protections for animal actors, and then I think that dead-animals( “ meat”) used as props are more easily lumped in with animal actors , then every animal eaten by an employee during the duration of the film’s production.