Tragic news that comes from the filming of the second season of the Amazon Prime Video series The Rings of Power, because as the studio has reported in a press release, one of the horses used died during the rehearsal of one of the scenes of the second season due to heart failure.
“We are deeply saddened to confirm that a production horse has died. The incident took place in the morning while the horse was being exercised before trials.. The coach was not dressed and the recording had not yet started. Both a veterinarian and a representative of the American Humane Association were present at the time.”
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“Independent necropsy has confirmed that the horse died of heart failure,” a representative for Amazon Studios told The Hollywood Reporter. The deceased horse was at the time among 30 other equines that had been brought to the set that morning for the filming of one of the scenes in The Rings of Power.
The animal belonged to The Devil’s Horsemen company, which provides horses to different film and television productions. It is the first time in the company’s 50 years that one of its animals has died. during a shoot. The rings of power has been filming its second season in the United Kingdom for months, with no release date yet.
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The importance of animal welfare
Although there have always been animals participating in movies and series, andt is in recent years when the well-being of these creatures has begun to matter during filming thanks to the campaigns carried out by animal associations that highlighted the failures of the industry.
Without going any further, in 2012, lThe HBO series Luck, which dealt with horse racing, was canceled after a single season after it was learned that three of these animals had died during filming. Not even the good reviews saved her. Without a doubt, something that is not going to happen to Amazon’s rings of power.
