Nearly 5,000 dogs were sent with American troops to Vietnam, yet only about 200 came home. Some were killed in action. The rest, to our military’s everlasting shame, were simply left behind to fend for themselves. Chickens and pigeons were recently used as a crude way to detect poison gases in the Middle East—even though the soldiers had high-tech chemical-detection equipment. The chickens died of the heat and dust, gasping their final breaths without ever warning anybody of anything.

Dolphins and sea lions were used, too, to try to detect mines in the Persian Gulf even though there are more effective ways of running surveillance and detecting chemical weapons. Chief of Naval Research Vice Adm. Jay Cohen reports that REMUS (remote underwater sensor) vehicles have “greater stamina than the dolphins, and [are] much more PETA favorable. They really do work.” For more information on dolphins in war, click here.

Help Us Stop the Military’s War on Animals
Please write to your U.S. senators and representative and ask them to end the use of animals by the military immediately. You can use our legislative guide to find your representatives at this link.