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Dear Kristin, We're starting 2013 off with a bang! President Obama has just signed into law a bill that includes language requiring the Department of Defense to create a strategy and timeline by March 1, 2013, for replacing the shooting, stabbing, and dismembering of animals in military training drills with human simulators and other modern non-animal methods.This is a milestone moment in our ongoing campaign to stop the military from tormenting thousands of live animals each year in these archaic trauma exercises! When this lifesaving provision was first inserted into the National Defense Authorization Act last year, PETA and its supporters sprang into action with e-mail and call-in campaigns to urge members of Congress to support the important measure. We now know that they took our concerns seriously and acted on them! To bolster our efforts to urge the Department of Defense and Congress to address this vital issue, PETA released disturbing, never-before-seen undercover video footage this past year showing live goats who had their limbs broken and cut off with tree trimmers in a military training drill. A PETA complaint based on the video led to federal citations for animal welfare violations and prompted Congress to request an investigation into the contractor that conducted the cruel training. PETA also coauthored a study showing that three-quarters of the U.S.'s NATO allies do not use any animals in their military medical training programs, instead employing superior non-animal methods such as humanlike simulators. Tens of thousands of PETA members and supporters—including high-profile military veterans Oliver Stone, Bob Barker, and Gideon Raff—have written to the Department of Defense asking the agency to modernize its training program by replacing its deadly animal laboratories with more effective, human-relevant simulation tools. Let's make history in 2013! Please click here to take action today to stop crude military trauma training on animals. Sincerely,  Justin Goodman Director Laboratory Investigations Department People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals |
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Morning sunshine-It is a wonderful step in the right direction. Happy Tuesday.
Jan 07, 2013 11:02 PM
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I had not heard of this before and it is something I can whole heartedly agree on. Definitely a very barbaric practice and not necessary for training with other methods available.
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Jan 07, 2013 11:27 PM
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Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
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Good Morning Kristin, I am so glad this got signed It was unreal that they did this in the first place.
Jan 07, 2013 11:37 PM
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Julia B. Fee Sotheby's International Realty - Larchmont, NY
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Kristin - this is disgusting.. how can we be doing this.... Oh my goodness.. it is simply terrible... My husband came to view it.. he agrees. How can you not agree..
Jan 08, 2013 08:40 AM
Sailwinds Realty - Trinity, FL
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OMG, Kristin, I didn't know that and now I'll be having nightmares about it. What a terrible thing.
Jan 08, 2013 09:18 PM
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Gay, I know it is sometimes hard to see things like this, but it has to be known about too, right?
Toni, I know...simply horrible!
Jan 08, 2013 10:49 PM
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Kristin, thanks for bringing this to our attention...I couldn't bring myself to watch the video however. It is important to know these things exist and what if anything has been put into motion to change things.
Jan 09, 2013 01:24 PM
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