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MILITARY WAR ON ANIMALS

All wars are wars on animals birds and fishes as well.
29 Of The Ways Current Wars Harm Animals

BOMBS WHICH BURN
1 People animals birds are killed by bombs, rockets, missiles.
LAND MINES
2 People animals birds are blown apart by mines of war profiteers
both when forced into service as dolphin or dog minesniffers
or as unsuspecting victims of mines... A rhino whose legs
were turned to jelly by a landmine in Africa was one
of billions of animal, bird and other victims of landmines.
USE OF ANIMALS AS WEAPONS CARRIERS
3 The US Navy has electroshocked porpoises
and turned them into weapons carriers. (See Day of the
Dolphin by Lilly)
EMBARGOED SHIPS
4 Animals die on livetransport ships in wartorn ports after standing in their
own waste, dying of hunger and thirst
BOMBING OF OIL REFINERIES
5 Whales, dolphins, fishes, turtles, sea birds are killed in oil spills from
bombing power plants. 15,000 tons of oil
have been dumped into the Mediterranean by the Israeli
bombing of a Lebanese power plant.
ZOOS BULLDOZED AND BOMBED
6 Animals are bulldozed (killed or backs broken) in zoos in wartorn areas.*
The Nazis bombed London zoos. Churchill retaliated
bombing the Berlin Zoo. The Israeli Defense Force
bulldozed the Gaza Zoo, breaking the backs of those
who survived deaths by crushing.
ENTOMBED BY BOMBS
7. Bears and other animals are sealed into Afghan caves by bombs
WHALES DOLPHINS KILLED BY SONAR OF NAVY SHIPS
8 Naval warships' sonar kills whales.
DEVOURED
9 Animals are seized, slaughtered and eaten by armies.
10 Animals disoriented by bombs run away from their homes.
REFUGEE AND SOLDIER ABANDONMENT
11 Animals are abandoned by refugees and by soldiers
ordered overseas.
INSTITUTIONAL SHUT DOORS
12 Animals are not allowed in to all refugee camps. The US Red Cross
after a worldwide outcry re its gunbacked separation of people
from animals has begun to change its rules on this.
ANIMAL HABITAT DESTROYED
13 Animal habitat (trees, orchards, vines, plants, watersheds) are destroyed by
daisy cutter, bunker
buster and other bombs, cruise missiles etc. Tanks crush
sapling trees and add to the desertification of the planet.
They create erosion ruts and cause mudslindes in areas
with rain.
DEPLETED URANIUM
14 Depleted uranium is giving animals as well as people
cancer,81 times the average in Baghdad.
BOMBING OF REFUGEES
15 Animals as well as people have died as supply convoys
were foiled by bombed roads and bridges, and as
convoys have been fired upon. In the Highway of Death
bombing directed by G H W Bush, 250,000 white flagged
surrendering soldiers as well as refugees with donkeys,
cats, dogs, goats, cows, chickens etc. were carpet
bombed and bulldozed into graves.
UNABLE TO ESCAPE ROPES
16. Some abandoned animals are left tied up without war
and are dying of thirst and or heat or cold
UNCONSCIOUS DRIVERS
17. Motorists racing to get out of bombing areas are
mowing down goats, cats, dogs, chickens, sheep on the roads.
PROPELLER AND TANK DEATHS OF BIRDS, MARINE MAMMALS, FISHES
18. Naval warships carve up marine mammals in their
propellers as jetfighters carve up birds in their propellers.
Tanks have crushed untold trillions of small mammals,
ground nesting birds, frogs, snakes, ants in anthills,
and countless other species.
ALCOHOL RELEASED ABUSE
19. American soldiers drinking have shot
tigers and lions in the Baghdad Zoo.
CHECKPOINT VIOLENCE
20. Donkeys and dogs have been shot at Israeli govt checkpoints
NASA VIOLENCE
21.NASA's military missions have involved secreting
animals aboard. This is unpublicized. Many secreted animals
were with the astronauts blown apart by Lockheed and
other Bonapartes
MILITARY RESEARCH
22 Animals die in military weapons research labs. Primates
have been irradiated at Barnes Air Force Base in Texas.
23 They have been put in restraining chairs for months
at a time in astronaut studies at Bethesda Naval and
elsewhere.
24 Animals die in military contract 'vaccine' research.
25 When PETA was successful in cancelling the US Dept
of Defense use of living dogs as target practice for the
(unnecessary) training of surgeons, the DOD simply
substituted goats, making them truly scapegoats.
26. Chemical and biological weapons from weaponized
anthrax to nerve gases have been developed on captive
animals for many decades. Recently biological weapons
developed by George Merck of the Merck pharmaceutical
company were destroyed after 45 or more years in
storage.
27.
. In weaponized anthrax development by the CIA
and Ft Detrick, 4000 primates were detroyed in just
1 experiment before captive primates and 1 billion dollars was given to Battelle
of Tennessee. The books of Leonard Horowitz document
the abuse.
For a list of other atrocities, see
http://www.peta.net/feat/military
MILITARY SURVIVAL TRAINING
28. US soldiers in survival training are taught to club,
knife and otherwise kill animals from Dugway Proving
Ground in Utah to Okinawa.
http://www.peta.org/feat/wargames/
SOUND BOMBS HARM DOGS' EARS
29. Israel's sound bombs have been reputed to
explode the wombs of Palestinian women. They harm
animals with sensitive hearing such as dogs and cats.

In the war of the Israeli government against the Lebanese
people, a million animals died in an oil spill
created by a power plant bombing. Cows have died of thirst
on boats unable to land liveshipped animals. Animals
have died as relief supplies can't get into the many crisis
areas. The Olmert regime fired upon relief workers.

* The IDF killed many Gaza zoo animals
bulldozing the cages while the animals
were in them.. gazelles had their
backs broken. Many zoos are prisons.

Footnote:

The following text is from
http://www.peta.org/feat/wargames/

American soldiers are required to kill docile animals during military "survival
skills" training courses and are instructed to use their bare hands, rocks, or
blunt instruments on chickens, rabbits, goats, and snakes as part of "emergency
food procurement exercises."

Reports reveal that animals die a slow and agonizing death after being
bludgeoned, strangled, or decapitated. An Army course manual instructs soldiers
to kill a chicken "by placing its head under a strong stick, placing both your
feet on either end of the stick ... and pulling vigorously until its head is
pulled off." Another Army manual says, "You can club small mammals or step on
them."

Department of the Air Force Instructor Guide: Basic Combat Survival Training
Field Training
INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS:
1. Club to kill animal
2. Knife
3. 550 cord (to suspend animal and tie live animal to tree)
4. Containers/utensils for cooking

The U.S. Army, Air Force, and Marines have confirmed that at least six military
courses currently engage in these exercises year-round, and there have been many
reports of others. Government documents show that two Air Force bases alone use
more than 1,500 rabbits each year, at a cost of more than $10,000.1 According to
a 1997 Department of Defense (DoD) report, the Air Force kills more rabbits in
its "survival skills" courses than does the entire DoD in all its research
facilities combined.2 Estimates reveal that well over 10,000 animals are used
every year in military food procurement exercises.

Typically, soldiers either carry their own animals in a backpack for several
days before killing them or the animals are taken by vehicle into the woods,
where they are "liberated" and then "recaptured," says Sergeant Fredrickson of
Dugway Proving Ground. Eyewitness accounts describe soldiers who are "required
to stroke the rabbit to calm it, then bash it on the head ... the rabbits don't
always die with the first blow."

The military claims that these exercises are a necessary part of troop
preparation. Major Tammy Miracle of the Massachusetts National Guard claims that
killing docile animals "prepare[s] a soldier to fight in today's modern
battlefield." She admits that although "this type of training may seem unusual
... readiness remains to be the Army Guard's overarching priority."

These exercises, however, fail to teach relevant skills to soldiers who may one
day experience life-threatening adverse conditions. It is pointless for a
soldier to practice killing small domestic mammals and birds, considering that
in a real-life survival experience, few would have trouble killing such an
animal if survival depended on it. After all, soldiers do not practice by
killing other humans in order to be effective in combat situations. In the past,
there have been occasions when such exercises were canceled after receiving
national exposure yet thousands of animals continue to suffer each year on
military bases that pursue this training.

Please contact your senators and representative and request that they introduce
language into this year's Defense Appropriations Bill that explicitly prohibits
the use of your taxpayer dollars to purchase live animals for military "survival
skills training." If you don't know their contact information, please call the
Congressional Switchboard at 202-225-3121, provide your state or zip code, and
ask to be transferred to their offices or click here to obtain the information
through a web page.

1 Fairchild Air Force Base, WA 99011-8648; United States Air Force Academy, CO
80840-6260
2 "Department of Defense Animal Care and Use Programs 1997"
3 United States Army Dugway Proving Ground; Massachusetts Army National Guard