Breaking the Chain, a new documentary from executive producer Anjelica Huston, tells the heartbreaking stories of neglected and abused ‘backyard’ dogs.
Sadly, Zena, an emaciated German Shepherd, spent much of her life chained up in a backyard without shelter from flies, fleas, and mosquitoes. Edith, a neglected chow mix, lived outdoors for almost a decade. This reality is far too common for thousands of dogs across the United States.
“It’s one thing to hear about the animal neglect and overpopulation crisis and another to see for yourself how dogs are left to shiver, pant, limp, and suffer in backyards,” Huston said in a press released, “where they’re confined to wire cages or chained to pieces of junk.”
Featuring interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, the documentary shows how fieldworkers from PETA’s Community Animal Project attempt to educate pet guardians about the love and attention all dogs desperately crave.
Some fortunate dogs featured in the documentary overcome their suffering after spending years tethered outdoors without adequate food and water, combating extreme hot and cold weather, fleas, ticks, and other ailments. These success stories show how compassion and care can change animals’ lives.
“It shows how each one of us can change the world for animals in our own communities,” PETA Senior Vice President Daphna Nachminovitch said, “so that one day, no one is condemned to a life sentence of isolation and deprivation without love, respect, or even basic care.”
Breaking the Chain is available to stream on various platforms, including Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu, and Vimeo on Demand.
Why do these people even BOTHER to have a dog/s if all they want to do, is leave the poor, innocent, defenseless dogs tied up outside??? They might just as well stick a stuffed toy or even a rock in a box, on a chain, and forget all about it, just like they do TO A LIVING, BREATHING DOG.
Some people just do not deserve to have pets. They have no empathy for them.
“All dogs are indoor dogs!” Well said.
If you take on a dog it must be treated aspart of your family, with love and kindness, properly fed, with free access to clean drinking water, given regular exercise. Dogs are loving, loyal companions, not some inanimate object to be treated like junk. The numbers of these poor dogs simply chained up in heat, rain, snow, fed inadequately and never interacted with is a shocking reflection on the United States of America and needs to be urgently addressed.
Why have them if they cannot look after them as they should be. It is disgusting how these beautiful animals are treated by these sub-humans with no brains.
This infuriates me. Animal cruelty. Report people who leave their dogs outside, day and night, summer and winter.
The video sounds awesome! I can’t wait to see it. It shouldn’t take a documentary to point out the obvious–that everyone should be kind to animals–but sometimes it does. I’m so glad that PETA’s fieldworkers are working to stop animal abuse. Very cool of Angelica Huston to lend her support, too!
Such an important film! We need nationwide anti-tethering laws to stop humans from neglecting and abusing dogs with chains. Dogs are not security guards or lawn ornaments!
Thank you all!!!!! Smile!!!!
Thank you all!!!!! Smile!!!!
Heartbreaking cruelty! these subhuman owners should be banned forever from having another pet again!
Why get a dog if all you are going to do is leave it in the yard on a chain 🐶🐕🐾😡😠🤬?
For everyone who cares about animals, this is a must watch film. It’s so good, get it. All of us can make a difference.
This eye-opening film is truly a must-see for anyone who cares about animals. The immensity of neglect and need in the areas PETA serves is staggering, and highlights why it’s so vital to spay, neuter, adopt (not shop!), and always report cruelty and neglect. The message is ultimately a hopeful one, and a reminder that each of us can make a difference for animals in our own communities.
The only way to stop all this abuse, cruelty including COVID 19 is to start culling 7.7 billion people same as you would if have a cancerous-tumor growing in your body. So, where the fuck is Hitler?
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How do you figure 7.7 are animal abusers? Why hitler? hitler needed to go & did.
BREAKING THE CHAIN. This is going to be a big eye opener for a lot of people who have been hiding from the reality. Tying empathetic loving forgiving dogs outside forever without bringing them inside as part of the family is dispicable and inhumane. That needs to stop. If they can’t be party of the family you don’t need the dog and the dog needs a real loving home. No lowlife braggarts. STOP TYING DOGS OUT WITHOUT MAKING THEM PART OF THE FAMILY BY BRINGING THEM INDOORS. YOU DON’T NEED THEM. EVER.
thank you Anjelica for making this film
we never know how much effect it will have but must believe that we are changing the world with every dog or cat we rescue…
Keep your dog on a leash!
Good for Angelica Huston
YAH CANT WAIT TO SEE THE FILM IT LOOKS REAL GOOD ANF VERY INFORMATIVE TO EVERYBODY THAT WANTS TO ADOPT A DOG THAT HAS BEEN MISTREATED/ABUSED..TJWY JUST WANT A GOOD HAAPY HOME AND TO BE TREATED NIIICELY.
Omg THTS awful
H t he’ll did tht happen