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'The Hobbit' Producers Under Fire After 27 Animals Die During Course of Movie Shoot

By Suzannah Hills, The Daily Mail

'The Hobbit' Producers Under Fire After 27 Animals Die During Course of Movie Shoot

November 19, 2012 Updated Nov 19, 2012 at 12:05 PM PDT

The producers of The Hobbit have come under fire from wranglers after 27 animals used on set during the filming of the trilogy have died.

While no animals were harmed during the actual filming, wranglers claim the production company is still responsible for the deaths because the animals were kept at a nearby farm filled with bluffs, sinkholes and other 'death traps'.

Four wranglers working with the animals claim they repeatedly raised concerns about the farm peppered with bluffs, sinkholes and broken-down fencing with their superiors and the production company, owned by Warner Bros., but it continued to be used.

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