Wonderful news, shared via our friends at Sentient Shepherds The Department of Defense has ordered an end to the controversial practice of using live animals in a variety of U.S. military medical training programs — a move which will likely save the lives of thousands of animals every year. In an order set to go into effect in 2015, the Pentagon’s top health official, Jonathan Woodson, instructed all branches of the military to stop using live animal subjects in a variety of laboratory settings and programs used to train medics. As the Boston Globe reports, such training had included exposing monkeys to chemicals, and “forcing tubes down live cats’ and ferrets’ throats” — though other reported examples of the militarys use of animals have been much more violent. With the decision to change its policy, the U.S. joins 22 of 28 other NATO member nations who have already abolished the use of animals for training.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 22:30:04 +0000
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