 instead they should think about  the situation of the Third World". Since the movie was filmed in  Sweden, they followed Swedish law, which says that animals can be  put to death in movie productions if a veterinarian is the one  carrying out the killing. Director Lars von Trier (qv) later cut  the scene from the film, which was attributed to protests from  animal rights groups. Von Trier said that he didnt want to draw  attention away from the content of the film.