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Pedigree chums: why the movies are killing off fewer dogs

The Guardian Australia - Culture · 19 October 2026 at 10:36 pm

Pedigree chums: why the movies are killing off fewer dogs

Are film-makers wary of alienating increasingly sensitive audiences by offing a pooch? Or is humanity now just too soft to deal with the trauma of a Turner & Hooch? There was a time, not so long ago, when watching a film was a clearcut experience.

There would be a good guy and a bad guy, and you would know who the bad guy was because they would shoot a dog in the face.

It happened more times than you might expect.

Mad Max 2, dog gets shot.

Revenge, dog gets shot.

Turner & Hooch, dog gets shot.

Red, dog gets shot.

Man with the Gun, dog gets shot.

Badlands, dog gets shot.

Dog Soldiers, you’ll never guess.

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Pedigree chums: why the movies are killing off fewer dogs

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