New Bipartisan Bill Would End Military’s Stabbing, Shooting of Animals

U.S. Reps. Hank Johnson (D-Georgia) and Tom Marino (R-Pennsylvania) have joined forces to introduce legislation that would spare pigs, goats, and other animals horrific deaths in training drills, better prepare military personnel to save the lives of injured troops on the battlefield, and prevent millions in taxpayer dollars from being wasted.

If passed, the Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training (BEST) Practices Act would bring an end to the military’s shooting, stabbing, dismembering, burning, and killing of thousands of animals each year in cruel and archaic trauma training drills and instead require the use of superior human-patient simulators.

PETA has been campaigning to end these drills for years. Eighty percent of the American public opposes them, according to a recent national poll, as do The New York Times editorial board, top national medical organizations representing 255,000 physicians and doctors-in-training, and a group that represents more than 8,000 military veterans.

We’re pleased to have House representatives from both sides of the aisle on our side, too!