'Yellowstone,' a TV series starring Kevin Costner, has been accused of misusing animal carcasses by PETA.

'Yellowstone,' a TV series starring Kevin Costner, has been accused of misusing animal carcasses by PETA. (Paramount Network)

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Kevin Costner's TV series "Yellowstone" has raised the ire of People for the Ethical Handling of Animals (PETA) after a whistleblower informed the fauna rights system that existent cow carcasses were used, and perchance mutilated, for the purposes of shooting a scene.

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On Wednesday, PETA published a argument along with very graphic photo reportedly from the set of "Yellowstone," which premiered back in June on Paramount Network. The image shows a mutilated cow and the whistleblower claims there were multiple dead cows on set that appeared to be hacked autonomously in their hindquarters and necks.

Withal, Paramount Network says it'due south working with PETA to analyze what it calls "inaccurate claims."

"Paramount Network takes brute safety very seriously and with utmost professionalism," Kurt Patat, Paramount Network SVP of communications told TheWrap. "The production has taken necessary precautions to provide for animal safety and their well-being on set. All animals are monitored on set by professional person handlers. We accept been in touch with PETA which presented u.s. with inaccurate claims that nosotros were able to right including no cows were killed or mutilated for the scene in question."

'Yellowstone' has been accused by PETA of mutilating cow carcasses for a shoot.

'Yellowstone' has been defendant by PETA of mutilating cow carcasses for a shoot. (PETA)

Neither representatives for Paramount Network nor Costner immediately responded to Fob News' request for comment.

While some may wonder why PETA would care about what happens to cows that are already deceased, the organisation argues that not only are they not sure how the cows were killed, only are left wondering whether that the well-being of the crew of "Yellowstone" was put at risk over this alleged practice when a simple prop or figurer-generated imagery would do.

"Exposure to creature carcasses can cause illness transmission to humans and pb to contagion of the environs," PETA Senior Vice President Lisa Lange said in their website.

"The slaughterhouse industry is a violent and cruel one, and to employ the bodies of animals who were subjected to that cruelty for a Telly stunt is not merely disrespectful but also extremely wasteful," Lange continued. "PETA is calling on Kevin Costner and the producers of Yellowstone to come clean nigh how and from where the animals were purchased, cut the gruesome scenes, and pledge to use simply props and other cruelty-free alternatives in the future."

Its whistleblower likewise alleged that the coiffure asked why existent carcasses were beingness used in the shoot — only to exist shrugged off. Some reportedly complained that the stench of the corpses was sickening and very difficult to wash off.