Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

Polish military rejects animal use

The armed forces of Poland have fully replaced their cruel use of animals in military medical training exercises with modern, humanlike medical simulators.In correspondence with PETA, Polish military officials cited information that they provided on the benefits of simulation technology as well as protest letters from international supporters as the motivation behind this shift. 

PETA first learned that the Polish military was using animals for medical training drills in early 2011, and subsequently contacted officials with detailed information on the effectiveness of human-patient simulators. PETA’s international affiliates also posted online action alerts, which resulted in nearly 30,000 supporters around the world contacting Polish military officials to urge them to switch to modern, humane training methods. And after PETA published a study that found that nearly 80% of NATO nations do not use any animals for military medical training, we filed a complaint with the European Commission alleging that Poland and other nations were violating a EU law that requires the use of training methods “not entailing the use of live animals” whenever possible.

Poland’s compassionate decision makes it the 23rd out of 28 NATO nations to confirm that they do not use any animals for military medical training.

The U.S., Canada, the U.K., Denmark, and Norway are now the only NATO countries that still shoot, cut apart, and otherwise torment animals in military training.  Big shame on them !

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