US army shot cats and dogs
https://nypost.com/2022/09/30/army-secretly-allows-shooting-dogs-cats-for-research/
WASHINGTON — It’s not just curiosity killing the cat anymore — it could be the Army.
The Army Medical Research and Development Command has quietly allowed shooting cats and dogs for wound experiments despite a 1983 Defense Department ban on the practice, according to a policy update obtained by The Post.
Army secretly allows shooting dogs, cats for research
By Caitlin Doornbos
September 30, 2022 10:49am Updated
WASHINGTON — It’s not just curiosity killing the cat anymore — it could be the Army.The Army Medical Research and Development Command has quietly allowed shooting cats and dogs for wound experiments despite a 1983 Defense Department ban on the practice, according to a policy update obtained by The Post.
“This new policy wasn’t highlighted or publicly announced in great fanfare,” said PETA vice president Shalin Gala. “They most likely would not want the PR nightmare that would ensue should this information be released.”
In addition to house pets, the policy tweak allows the Army to use military weapons on “nonhuman primates and marine mammals” — like chimpanzees and dolphins — for research purposes with approval from the service’s animal care and use review office. The military also has been known to injure and use live pigs to train both the rank-and-file and medical personnel on treating battlefield wounds.
The Army command confirmed to PETA that at least one such test had been conducted — though the service added that details could not be released, according to a letter to the animal rights group that was shared with The Post.