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 driving the horse to fall off and the manufacturing crew had “ready and checked … in case of an accident.”
“However regardless of these efforts, there was an accident wherein the actor fell removed from the horse and the horse’s higher physique hit the bottom,” the assertion mentioned. The horse died a few week after filming, it added.
“We can’t assist however really feel a deep sense of duty 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 Affiliation (KAWA) Instagram web page on Thursday, an actor in conventional costume will be seen driving a black horse, which has a rope tied to considered one of its again legs.
Because 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.
“Proper after the filming, workers ran to test on the actor that fell on the bottom,” KAWA mentioned. “However nobody checked the situation of the horse.”
And public anger was mounting on social media.
“They are not even excited about the horse getting injured. The neck has utterly twisted, it is so violent. I am not watching this drama,” one individual wrote under KAWA’s Instagram submit.
One other vowed to by no means watch the drama once more, including they have been “actually actually disenchanted” by the “animal cruelty state of affairs.”
In 2019, there have been 914 instances of animal abuse in comparison with 69 in 2010, Reuters reported, citing knowledge printed by a lawmaker’s workplace.
Inflicting harm to an animal for the aim of playing, promoting, amusement or leisure is prohibited 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.
Further reporting by Reuters.