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New CBS Drama Series Is Target of Protest

Jun 29, 2015  •  Post A Comment

A new CBS drama series has been hit with a protest. The show, which is set to premiere this week, is “Zoo.”

Variety reports that the animal rights group PETA has come out against the show’s use of live animals, saying in an announcement: “PETA hopes ‘Zoo’ will be one of this summer’s first cancellations.”

The series, based on the James Patterson-Michael Ledwidge novel of the same name, is premised on a surge in violent attacks by wild animals around the world. The program, which is described as science fiction, is set to premiere Tuesday, June 30.

Brittany Peet, PETA’s foundation deputy director of captive animal law enforcement, said in a statement: “By producing a show that exploits wild animals, including lions, CBS has proved that it’s out of sync with public opinion at a time when people are shunning SeaWorld’s captive orca sideshows, states and counties are passing laws banning wild animal acts and private ownership, and Ringling Bros. is taking elephants off the road.”

Variety notes: “Star James Wolk told reporters at a Los Angeles press junket for the show in May that precautions were taken to ensure the actors felt comfortable around the wild animals during filming. ‘All the animals that we’ve had down on set — and it’s been tons of animals, because it should also be said there hasn’t been a ton of CGI, there’s been a lot of real animals on set — they all come with trainers,’ he said.”

Wolk added that “it’s been a real, as far as these things go, an efficient process with the animals.”

The animals on the set reportedly have included an 800-pound grizzly bear and a lion. PETA has indicated that it wanted CBS to use CGI animals rather than real ones.

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6 Comments

  1. Peta sucks!

    PeopleEatingTastyAnimals!!

  2. Protecting the wild animals of the world, particularly predators, has been
    so difficult over the decades, I WISH TO PROTEST THE SHOWING
    OF PATTERSON’S SERIES “ZOO”. I BELIEVE THE CRAZY ANIMAL TORTURE
    WACKOS OUT THERE WILL GET THEIR GUNS AND HAVE A HAY DAY
    KILLING OUR BELOVED ENDANGERED CREATURES. HOW CAN I GET THIS
    OUT TO OTHERS WHO HAVE THE POWER TO CANCEL IT. THANK YOU.

  3. Look folks, I’ve worked on numerous projects that included animals. The money, time and effort spent to insure that these incredible creatures are treated safely and with respect is mind boggling! We once had to hold up production because ground radar was needed to find a “possible” hole in the ground where they would be working. The “animal wrangler” is usually the caretaker and feels they are his or her family; these family members are given nothing but the best at all times. For those that feel the animals should not be used for our “entertainment”, that they be left in the wild and not in corals, Zoos or work in TV and Film projects. I think many more are at greater risk of herd thinning and extinction, either from hunters, poachers, or god forbid, the horrid food chain! Find another worthwhile issue to protest because this is one you obviously have not a clue.

  4. I HAVE SIGNED PETITIONS FOR FOUR MONTHS NOW, TRYING TO PUT A STOP TO ANIMAL ABUSE, AND HE COMES OUT WITH A MOVIE THAT MAY CAUSE HORRIBLE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TO WANT TO KILL EVEN MORE. GOD CREATED THESE PRECIOUS ANIMALS TO LOVE, CHERISH, AND TAKE CARE OF. MR. PATTERSON IS UNDERMINING WHAT WE HAVE WORKED SO HARD FOR TO STOP!!!! I GUESS HE CARES MORE ABOUT MONEY AND FAME! I AM FAIRLY SURE THAT GOD WOULD NOT APPROVE OF THIS MOVIE, BECAUSE IT DEPICTS SOMETHING THAT ANIMALS MOST DEFINITELY DO NOT DO. THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN AN ANIMAL STANDING UP FOR ITSELF OR IT’S BABIES, AS APPOSED TO SHOWING THEM KILLING PEOPLE!!

  5. THERE ARE NUMEROUS PEOPLE OUT IN THIS OLD WORLD WHO LOVE HARMING, KILLING, RAPING, AND DESTROYING ANIMALS, JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT. MR. PATTERSON’S MOVIE VERY WELL COULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO START HARMING OR EVEN WORSE, KILLING GOD’S ANIMALS EVEN MORE!!!

  6. THE MONEY, TIME, AND EFFORT OF THIS MOVIE IS DEFINITELY NOT WORTH THE POSSIBILITY OF MANY ANIMALS WHO WILL BE KILLED, JUST BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE HAVE AN URGE TO DO THIS AFTER SEEING THIS HORRIBLE MOVIE. WHAT DO YOU THINK GOD, FEELS ABOUT THIS MOVIE. MY PERSONAL GUESS WOULD BE THAT IT HURTS HIM, TO KNOW THAT THIS CAN CAUSE MORE HARM TO HIS ANIMALS!!!

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