PETA released a video of alleged animal abuse on the set of Crazy Alien, a new Chinese scientist-fi movie starring Matthew Morrison.

A video was released showing a German shepherd being mistreated during a stunt sequence. PETA claims a whistleblower saw a handler work the dog up “into a frenzy” to get it to bark as loudly as possible. Then the dog was allegedly locked inside “small solid metal wire cage” that was lifted into the air by a crane.

“The second the dog cage rose into the air, the dog stopped barking instantly as the cables were used to spin the cage out of control in circles before solidly landing 40–50 feet away. The director took many takes and this was just awful to witness as the torment went on,” the whistleblower alleged.

Matthew has since made a statement: “I’ve just been made aware and seen a video from the set of a film I worked on in China. My heart is broken to see any animal treated this way. Had I been on set or known about this, I would have made all efforts to stop this. I’ve called the producers to express my outrage.”