American Humane Association Certified Animal Safety Representatives™ were unable to directly supervise the animal action in Dark Shadows due to limited resources and/or scheduling conflicts, However, the production complied with all registration requirements, submitted a shooting script and relevant animal scheduling information and provided a pre- release screening of the film, as requested by American Humane Association.

American Humane Association did not monitor scenes which included a dog, horses and buggies, a rat, fish, birds and cockroaches.