Workshop director Roberto Gomes inspects a caramelo dog costume at the Sao Clemente samba school, whose 2025 Carnival theme is animal abuse and abandonment, in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Sao Clemente samba school seamstresses make costumes for Carnival, in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Bruto, a caramelo dog-turned-national hero from a war in Paraguay, is on display in the Military Police Museum in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Carnival costumes sit at the Sao Clemente samba school, whose theme for 2025 is animal abuse and abandonment, in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Caramelo dogs and others play at the Indefesos dog rescue shelter in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Dog trainer Luis Estrela plays with a caramelo dog on the set of Netflix film "Caramelo" in Sao Paulo, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Crew members work on the set of the Netflix film "Caramelo," in Sao Paulo, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Sao Clemente samba school workers make costumes for Carnival, in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Lina the caramelo dog lies on a table at Indefesos dog rescue shelter in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Lt. Col. Sidnei Robson Pazini stands next to an exhibition of Bruto, a caramelo dog-turned-national hero from a war in Paraguay, at the Military Police Museum in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Director Diego Freitas plays with caramelo dogs on the set of the Netflix film "Caramelo" in Sao Paulo, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
A caramelo dog pokes its nose through a fence at the Indefesos dog rescue shelter in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)