A Dog's Purpose producer Gavin Polone has spoken out about the controversial video that shows alleged abuse of a German Shepherd on the movie set, saying it "portrays an inaccurate picture of what happened" and blaming People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals for promoting the "misleading" message.

Polone, an avowed animal lover and activist, wrote Monday in The Hollywood Reporter that PETA was focusing on the video, which surfaced Wednesday on TMZ, to promote an "extreme" agenda calling for the removal of all live animals from film.

"Not only have they been circulating the TMZ video, which portrays an inaccurate picture of what happened, but they have included a clip from our trailer where you see the dog jumping into a treacherous rushing wall of water," Polone wrote. "But THAT ISN’T A REAL DOG, it is a computer-generated dog leaping into the water. Isn’t that the definition of 'fake news'?"