Lena Dunham Reacts to Backlash as TV Show She Produces Uses Real Dead Cats for Dissection Scene
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The 'Girls' star insists she's unaware that the new show 'Genera+ion' which she executive produces has used real dead cats for an episode depicting a high school biology lesson.
Feb 11, 2021
Genera+ion" was using actual dead cats for a dissection scene.
The "
Girls" star - an executive producer on the programme - has responded to backlash over an episode featuring a high school biology lesson which included actual animal cadavers.
"I am committed in my life and work to the principled, humane and ethical treatment of animals," she said in a statement to People. "I don't use animal cadavers in any of my work, ever, and I was not on set or aware that they were used in a recently shot scene depicting a biology classroom assignment."