A lion died after being darted during a documentary filming by American Oscar winning Hollywood actor Will Smith recently.
At the time of going to press, it was not clear if Will Smith’s film will have an AHA “No Animals Were Harmed” disclaimer and accreditation.
AHA monitors roughly 70% of animal action in movies and TV shows. That comes to about 2,000 productions each year. Since they’ve trademarked the “No Animals Were Harmed” disclaimer, only they can issue and define it, although there have been past accounts of cover-ups.
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