Urge These Countries to Stop Mutilating Animals in Military Training

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In Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway, soldiers are shooting, stabbing, and dismembering live pigs and other animals in military trauma training.

Shooting a pig during military exercises

During these exercises, animals may be shot with high-velocity bullets by a firing squad, stabbed, dismembered, and sometimes sewn back together. The sensitive animals can sustain bone fractures and suffer multiple organ failure before being killed.

It's outrageous that army personnel are treating animals this way, especially when superior non-animal methods exist. In fact, 21 of 31 NATO countries train their military using exclusively non-animal methods, which are more effective and don't cost animals' lives.

British soldiers have been travelling to Denmark to take part in these barbaric exercises, even though such practices wouldn't be permitted in the UK.

This type of training also appears to violate EU law. Directive 2010/63/EU states that animals must not be used in such procedures when non-animal options are available.

Please write to the governments of these countries and urge them to stop mutilating animals for military training.

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The Honorable

Trine

Bramsen

Denmark

The Honorable

Ine

Eriksen Søreide

Norway

Erik

Lund-Isaksen

Royal Ministry of Defence, Norway

Elisabeth

Kjær

Royal Ministry of Defence, Norway

Ministry of Defence,

The Netherlands

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I was deeply shocked to learn that your country's army still uses live animals in military training exercises.

I find it hard to believe that a supposedly progressive European country continues to torture and mutilate animals when humane alternatives exist and are used by 21 of 31 NATO nations, including 19 EU states. This is not a choice between saving animals and saving human beings: lifelike human simulators and other high-tech non-animal training methods have been shown to be more effective at preparing soldiers for battle than crudely mutilating animals.

Moreover, using animals for these training exercises when alternatives exist appears to be in violation of EU law. Directive 2010/63/EU states that animals must not be used when non-animal options are available.

Please stop allowing your military to shoot, stab and mutilate animals in these exercises. Treating animals in this way is impossible to justify medically, ethically or educationally and does immense damage to your country's international reputation.

Kind regards,
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