The Use of Animals in The Making of the Film "The Ghost and the Darkness" thesis: It IS ethically acceptable to use trained animals in film-making, so long as they are treated well.

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In a 1939 film called Jesse James there is a scene in which a horse and rider jump off a cliff into a river. In the next shot, rider and horse are shown swimming in the river. If you were to look very closely you might notice that the horse in the river is not the same horse that jumped off the cliff. That's because that horse died in the fall. Out of this tragic event …

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…questions using dogs to lead the blind, but to the animal, that type of work is the same as performing in films. Footnotes: 1. www.ahafilm.org 2. ibid 3. Bongo's Legacy www.planetkilmer.com/rr/january2002/joyjohns/bongo 4. ibid 5. A Real Lion Guy; An Interview with Michael Hackenberger www.geocities.com/msmonty_ca/lionguy.html 6. Www.bowmanvillezoo.com 7. "As Hollywood Uses More Animals, Concerns Grow About Their Welfare" http://veederandld.20m.com/grereports/91001.html Rick Lyman, Sep 10, 2001.