‘Stupid Pet Tricks’ on the Big Screen?
Concerning Daniel Cerone’s “How to Train an 1,800-Pound Movie Star,” Oct. 22:
Doug Seus (who trained a Kodiak for the newly released movie, “The Bear”) and his ilk are no better than glorified, overpaid circus trainers who kidnap majestic animals from the wilderness and con them into performing the cinematic equivalent of David Letterman’s “stupid pet tricks.”
Their antics should be condemned by environmentalists, for they are motivated by greed rather than the preservation of this great, uniquely North American mammal.
JOHN TERMINI
Pasadena
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