Read from CBR:
the bird's death occurred on the set of Bay's Netflix film 6 Underground. Allegedly a homing pigeon was killed by a dolly while filming a scene in Rome. An unnamed person on set that day is said to have photographed the incident. Bay denied it happened. "I am a well-known animal lover and major animal activist," he stated. "No animal involved in the production was injured or harmed. Or on any other production I've worked on in the past 30 years."
Wild birds are under special protection by Italian law. It is illegal to harm, kill or capture them. While Bay did not operate the dolly in question, he is held responsible as the film's director. Bay and his team tried to have the case dismissed three times in the past five years, apparently to no avail. According to the filmmaker, he was offered to be released from the charges by paying a small fine, but he stood by his principles. "I declined to do so because I would not plead guilty to having harmed an animal," he said. "We have clear video evidence, a multitude of witnesses, and safety officers that exonerates us from these claims. And disproves their one paparazzi photo — which gives a false story."
Despite his public statements regarding the matter, Bay insisted he can't actually comment on the case, saying: "There is an ongoing court case, so I cannot get into the specifics, but I am confident we will prevail when I have my day in court."
the bird's death occurred on the set of Bay's Netflix film 6 Underground. Allegedly a homing pigeon was killed by a dolly while filming a scene in Rome. An unnamed person on set that day is said to have photographed the incident. Bay denied it happened. "I am a well-known animal lover and major animal activist," he stated. "No animal involved in the production was injured or harmed. Or on any other production I've worked on in the past 30 years."
Wild birds are under special protection by Italian law. It is illegal to harm, kill or capture them. While Bay did not operate the dolly in question, he is held responsible as the film's director. Bay and his team tried to have the case dismissed three times in the past five years, apparently to no avail. According to the filmmaker, he was offered to be released from the charges by paying a small fine, but he stood by his principles. "I declined to do so because I would not plead guilty to having harmed an animal," he said. "We have clear video evidence, a multitude of witnesses, and safety officers that exonerates us from these claims. And disproves their one paparazzi photo — which gives a false story."
Despite his public statements regarding the matter, Bay insisted he can't actually comment on the case, saying: "There is an ongoing court case, so I cannot get into the specifics, but I am confident we will prevail when I have my day in court."
