Target: Secretary of the Army Daniel P. Driscoll
Goal: Ban all weapon-wounding tests on animals that inflict gruesome injuries for military experiments.
U.S. Army veterans are calling for an urgent end to the allegedly inhumane practice of weapon-wounding tests on animals, a process that allows for the deliberate infliction of injuries on cats, dogs, primates, and marine animals. Over 250 veterans, in partnership with PETA, have expressed their outrage and concern over these actions, which not only subject innocent animals to suffering but also yield no scientifically valid results due to the vast anatomical differences between species. The return to such testing methods, which had previously been banned, appears to be a regression in ethical and scientific standards within the Army.
The Army’s decision to reverse its earlier ban on these experiments, outlined in the troubling “Policy 84,” has raised numerous ethical questions and concerns regarding transparency and accountability. Following a Freedom of Information Act request by PETA, the Army’s responses have been vague and suggestive of a lack of rigorous oversight—initially claiming to possess over 2,000 records, only to later assert that only one protocol existed, categorized as “classified.” Such actions purportedly hinder public scrutiny and do not justify the continuation of these barbaric practices.
The necessity for change is clear: the Army can employ numerous advanced, animal-free alternatives for training and research. Resuming such violent practices against animals not only wastes taxpayer dollars but also exposes the military to considerable ethical scrutiny. It is time to heed the voices of veterans and advocates alike and demand the immediate cessation of these cruel experiments.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Secretary Driscoll,
The alarming resurgence of weapon-wounding tests on animals within the U.S. Army is both shocking and troubling. Reports indicate that these tests permit the intentional infliction of gruesome injuries on defenseless animals—cats, dogs, primates, and marine life—through the use of various weapons, raising serious ethical concerns and the question of scientific integrity. Over 250 Army veterans have united to voice their opposition to this unscientific and inhumane practice, a sentiment shared by many who believe such actions are a blatant regression in military ethics.
In light of previous bans on weapon-wounding tests, the Army’s decision to revive these experiments through the unambiguously named Policy 84 seems illogical and unjustifiable. The Army’s attempt to classify relevant experimental protocols further obscures transparency and raises suspicions about the protocols’ legitimacy. As evidenced by the discontinuation of ineffective and cruel experiments, such as the brain-damaging tests on ferrets, it is clear that the Army must prioritize science that is beneficial to both animals and humans, which completely excludes the use of living beings in such harmful tests.
Therefore, it is imperative that immediate action be taken to ban these barbaric and unscientific tests on animals. The Army must adopt humane and effective alternatives that align with ethical standards and scientific integrity, acknowledging that no animal should suffer for the advancement of experimentation.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
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I am sure there are other methods which could be used. Can you not make up objects which resemble a pigs body texture and other interior qualities? I think it’s tragic and barbaric to use any living animal for this type of experiments and I do not feel it necessary for human development. There are alternatives. I would hate to think people in the army just want to inflict pain upon them. Here’s a novel idea, test weapons on each other after all it is humans you fight against.
Lilypearl
Exactly! Or test them on criminals in prison!
Barbaric and disgusting! Absolutely sickening.
There are definitely other ways to do what thy call scientific testing. It is nothing it torture and cruelty on innocent animals. Such severe pain inflicted on animals that experience this as any human does is unbearable to imagine.
Don’t know how they can sleep at night. All are soulless !
U.S. ARMY DESERVES TO BE THE STUPID HUMAN ANIMALS TESTING EXPERIMENTS NOT INNOCENT, DEFENSELESS ANIMALS!!! STOP ALL ANIMAL CRUELTY AND ABUSE TOWARDS ALL ANIMALS IMMEDIATELY UNITED STATES ARNY IMMEDIATELY!!!!!
Agree – maybe it would also be a good idea to stop making weapons that not only kill animals but people. Stop the war weapons now.
It’s barbaric, inhumane and backward.
It is time to design MORALLY SUSTAINABLE EXPERIMENTATION where animals are not used.
If the U.S. scientists are still mentally in the horrors of the Dark Ages, ask AI for help…
Why? There is absolutely no need for this horrific painful torture! Just go visit any E.R. on a weekend and see the real thing!
This needs to stop immediately! Helpless animals should not be subjected to this terrible cruelty. There are other things (not living creatures) that can be used for target practice.
STOP THIS PRACTICE NOW!!!
Use death row inmates instead of animals. There’s enough of them we are wasting money on
Yes! Or better still, animal abusers
I TOTALLY AGREE TO USE HARDENED CRIMINALS INSTEAD OF INNOCENT ANIMALS. MY HUSBAND JOINED THE ARMY AND WAS IN VIETNAM. I WAS VERY PROUD OF THE ARMY THEN. MUST NOW, MR. DRISCOLL, YOU FORCE PEOPLE TO NOT ADMIRE YOU BUT, SEE YOU ARE A EVIL FUCKING BASTARD ENJOYING KILLING ANIMALS. HOPEFULLY YOU WILL MEET THE TRAGIC AND VERY PAINFULL DIGUSTING ENDING THAT YOU PUT THESE ANIMALS THROUGH. I HOPE FUCKING SOON!!
We can send a man to the moon but we can’t figure out a better way to test weapons? Shameful!
Use the sick paedos, murderer’s & rapist’s FFS…
What more depraved cruelty can these so-called ‘humans’ think up next. Test them on yourselves you effing shit heads. This has to stop.
Secretary of the Army Daniel P. Driscoll
How could this ever be done? Are you all insane! How dare you! There was and is NO reason for this to ever be practised!!
How do any of you sleep!!!!!
YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO DO SUCH EVIL THINGS TO THESE INNOCENT BEINGS!!!!!
NO animal should suffer for the advancement of experimentation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Since DOGE likes to cut spending, cut this program.
When will this issue ever be resolved??? I’ve signed so many petitions about this. It’s ridiculous! Maybe arrange a gathering with big signboards and some actors in pig suits being ‘cut open’ outside The White House…. that should work! Use LOTS of fake blood.. you want maximum impact.
Nothing that bunch of psychos does surprises me now..
I just feel sad for the animals
FUCKING BAD SCUM.
the animal torturers and animal killers are the epitome of EVIL.
WORSE THAN VILE OF THE EARTH BASTARDS!!
my heart is bleeding
how many of these poor angels still have to suffer and die because of piles of rubbish like these “people”.
Agree all comments, use the people they are cruel to animals, murderers, etc. Stop using animals . Sick cunts. It’s bullshit. Stop now no excuse.
While funding is being cut for education and social service programs more money should not be going to the military to use negatively causing sadistic and excruciatingly painful suffering involving harm, injury and deaths upon innocent farm animals and primates, cats and dogs. This is extremely inhumane and mercilessly cruel! Why not use the money instead to help homeless veterans and families impacted by their veterans military service? Military families pay is being cut and mothers are $donating plasma in order to put food on the table for their children. Conservative Senators and Representatives (and their voters) need to start to care about the people that they serve and about the animals that the people they serve care for and about.