The On-Screen Animal Cruelty That Led To 'No Animals Were Harmed' Disclaimer
How many animals died for the movie you're watching?
![The On-Screen Animal Cruelty That Led To 'No Animals Were Harmed' Disclaimer](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/0/9/743009_320x180.jpg?v=1)
We're all familiar with the end credit disclaimer that says "No animals were harmed in the making of this movie." That's actually a certification awarded to films monitored by the American Humane Association.
Learn more about the history of this organization and the animal cruelty that inspired it below.
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![IN THE FILM, A HORSE WAS SLID OFF A RAMP TO A 70 FOOT DROP INTO WATER. A stunt man jumped after it. The horse lived through the fall but drowned, afte](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/0/4/743004.jpg?v=1)
![PUBLIC OUTCRY OVER THE SCENE WAS THE CATALYST FOR ON-SET ANIMAL TREATMENT OVERSIGHT. AMERICAN HUMANE No Animals Were Harmed No animals were harmed](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/0/2/743002.jpg?v=1)
![WHEN THE HAYS OFFICE DISBANDED IN 1966, AHA'S FILM & TV UNIT LOST ACCESS TO MANY FILM SETS. WICHAILCIMINON HEAVEN'S GATE It wasn't until 1980 filming](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/0/6/743006.jpg?v=1)
![THE AHA ASSERTED THAT FOUR HORSES WERE KILLED AND ONE WAS BLOWN UP ON THE SET OF HEAVEN'S GATE. ABOVE: The scene where the horse is supposedly blown u](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/0/1/743001.jpg?v=1)
![THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE FILM'S ANIMAL CRUELTY RESULTED IN THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AUTHORIZING AHA OVERSIGHT AGAIN IN 1980. NO 36559 OTOs PETURE ASSOC](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/0/5/743005.jpg?v=1)
![EVEN WITH AHA OVERSIGHT, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE ALLEGED ON-SET ANIMAL ABUSES. FOR EXAMPLE: 27 animal THE HOBBIT fatalities Chipmunk fatally FAILURE](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/0/8/743008.jpg?v=1)
![CRITICS HAVE ACCUSED AHA OF BEING TOO COZY WITH ENTERTAINMENT INSIDERS... BUT IS IT A PROBLEM? MUTT Is AHA too lenient? Was a chipmunk's life worth Fa](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/0/7/743007.jpg?v=1)