Does an animal die?

Browse movies, tv shows, books and more where an animal dies.
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
This trigger is a broader category encompassing the death of any animal depicted on screen. It's useful for viewers who are sensitive to animal death in general.
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Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
759
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Benji
There is a bear whos dead body is later shown in a very graphic way
TV Show • 2016 Report
Yes
633
No
15
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junk6i
near the end of s1ep5 there's a dying deer crying out it seems it was hit by a car and left to agonize, they were gonna shoot it to put the poor thing out of its misery but something quickly snatches it away, it's obviously computerized but still realist and painful to watch. Highkey upset that no one mentioned this before and that I had to see it myself
Movie • 2018 Report
Yes
478
No
11
38
Logan Plonski
A pigeon flies into a window, and a character cuts off the pigeon's head with a pair of scissors.
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
409
No
21
32
invadermac
Pogo the Chimp is murdered
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
389
No
11
36
Renjuro
**With as few spoilers as possible**

One animal death is shown, other animal deaths are implied/off screen.
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
385
No
8
61
Bricoleur
(Major spoilers) Rocket Raccoon's backstory is explored, particularly how he grew up in a lab with three other experimental animals: Lylla the otter, Teefs the walrus, and Fllor the rabbit. All three of these characters are shot to death onscreen. In another scene, a living turtle is put in a chamber, sprayed with chemicals to make it evolve into a humanoid turtle, and then burned alive. In addition, an entire world of similarly evolved animal humanoids is destroyed, and several are seen dying onscreen.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
372
No
29
35
doesn't happen onscreen, but a cat is killed and wrapped into a child's birthday gift
Movie • 2017 Report
Yes
361
No
9
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Anonymous
Several sheep die, once at the very beginning of the film and again towards the middle. If you're squeamish about this, look away when you see sheep and you'll be fine. A cat is nearly shot by Henry Bowers for target practice later on, but he is caught by his dad, who makes him stop before he actually does it.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
317
No
9
48
You see and hear it suffering. Very upsetting.
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
298
No
16
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Anonymous
Someone breaks a pigeon's neck with the intent of selling it as meat.
TV Show • 2020 Report
Yes
278
No
22
34
Anonymous
this show is horrible about animal death. a lot of the Deep's sea creature friends die gratuitously in horrible ways just to traumatize him

season 1 episode 4 (skip from 47:00 - 48:30) a dolphin dies

in S1E5 (43:45) there's brief news footage of the dead dolphin

S1E7 (35:30 - 36:45), the Deep tries to rescue a lobster from a grocery store but the clerk stabs it before he can

S2E3 (skip from 37:00 - 40:45) a whale dies
(42:00 - 44:35) the dead whale is shown again when the Seven show up and insult deep and then leave to follow the Boys

S2E5 (32:00) dead horse shown briefly
Movie • 2018 Report
Yes
253
No
5
44
Anonymous
A wild animal (a raccoon by the looks of it) is the only animal seen in the film but it does get killed. Its quite graphic and could be upsetting. Its crushed on screen by the creatures hand/claw/foot
TV Show • 2010 Report
Yes
247
No
19
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Anonymous
SHIVA THE TIGER IS EATEN BY A HERD OF ZOMBIES. VERY TRIGGERING.
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
247
No
4
36
cielgee
Dozens of feral cats are killed, and one very upsetting dog death.
TV Show • 2023 Report
Yes
239
No
74
30
fellowxfriends
S1
 E1
10:20-10:28 deer shooting 10:38-10:53 dead deer 13:00-14:03 dead deer in background 20:25-20:56 raw meat 21:09-21:14 dead deer 28:22- horse is shot 29:50-29:57 dead horse in background 44:59-45:09 dead horse
TV Show • 2022 Report
Yes
232
No
4
9
Birds get hit by a car
TV Show • 2008 Report
Yes
223
No
13
20
Anonymous
A couple of bugs are killed throughout the series. A tortoise is also killed.
Yes
222
No
16
16
mad_melody
A unicorn is shown dead in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001).
Movie • 2018 Report
Yes
221
No
11
24
Anonymous
*SPOILERS* There are several animal deaths throughout the film, some of them quite gory:

- A small fish is eaten by a larger fish (swift and not gory)
- A giant squid is killed by the meg shark
- A baby humpback whale is killed onscreen by the meg, which bites it in half while it is crying for its mother. The mother is also presumably killed offscreen by the meg
- Several dead mutilated sharks are seen floating in the water, having been killed by poachers that have cut off their fins
- The smaller meg shark (there are two) is killed by the main characters, who dart it with poison
- A whale is blown up by a crew that drop several packs of dynamite on it, mistaking it for the larger meg shark
- The larger meg is killed by one of the main characters by slicing open its side and then stabbing it through the eye with a spear. It is seen being attacked and eaten by other sharks before it is fully dead.
Movie • 2013 Report
Yes
221
No
7
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Anonymous
A pigeon slams into the side of the house and dies in the grass.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
220
No
12
10
hyperandrogenism
A man falls from a building and lands on a pigeon, the pigeon is shown crushed and sticking to his body in pieces but it's mostly feathers, bones, and a beak. Turkeys are shot on screen. Mice in experiments die. Pigs used for teaching are operated on while under anesthesia and then euthanized.
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
219
No
11
28
xxfreakiexx
A dead fish is cut at a market for food, nothing bad really and there's fish that have died in a bowl when he visits an apartment to look for his brother but nothing terrible. The series is brillant and coming from someone who's overly sensitive to animals dying most of you should be ok! I recommend
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
215
No
80
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Ollie2
People really need better reading comprehension skills. This category clearly requests for information about animal deaths other than a dog, cat, or horse, which have their own categories. Therefore, there should be nothing but NO’s in this section, because no other animals die in this movie. The dog info already exists elsewhere.
Movie • 2017 Report
Yes
214
No
2
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Anonymous
A deer is hit by a car; you hear it bleat off-screen and its dead body is zoomed in on for a moment. You can see some blood on the deer's injury (which is not focused on and easy to miss) but it's not glorified at all. The entire scene is about 2 minutes long and is the only time an animal dies in the movie.
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
213
No
3
8
Anonymous
A live fish is filleted.
A bird is drowned in liquor.
A dead, hanging rabbit gets a nosebleed.
Video Game • 2009 Report
Yes
210
No
1
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Nebulacat
All animals are able to die and sometimes killing them provides food. However, there are ways of avoiding killing the animals:

1. Play on creative mode: in this mode, you won't get hungry and you have everything you need.

2. Don't eat meat. This is kind of hard, but not impossible: some plants are grown, and apples and potatoes are relatively easy to find.

3. Don't sleep. You need wool to make a bed, but you don't need to sleep in Minecraft, so you can just not sleep.

4. Shear a sheep instead of killing it.

5. Kill spiders instead of sheep to get wool. Spider silk can be made into wool, and the spiders are bad guys so you don't need to feel bad about killing them.
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
204
No
40
13
ellev281
Time stamp on pig scene in S2 E1 is 9:44
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
199
No
18
6
Anonymous
In season 3 episode 9 a dead and mutilated rabbit is shown. Multiple other animals die throughout the show.
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
194
No
4
20
Yes- Shauna kills a bunny in the first episode with a shovel, however, they don’t show it. You know from blood splatter on her hand.
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
189
No
18
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Lucretia
In addition to the cat scene, a bird is shot in episode 5 around the 17-minute mark. Death is not shown, but gunshot and cawing are heard.