Animal Usage in the Military is Inhumane
Animals came to this world the same way humans did, with no rights, or obligations. Through centuries, humans learned skills to live in the world, to hunt and to love. Humans also learned to hate which caused conflicts between other nations. Humans found a way to use animals as weapons, they trained them to kill and to hunt enemies. According to the article “Animals and World War I”, says, “Over 16 million animals served in the First World War, were used to transport communication and companionship”. An estimated 1.2 million horses, donkeys, mules and camels carried food, water, ammunition and medical supplies to men at the front and approximately 200,000 pigeons carried messages. U.S. military used canaries to detect poisonous gas, while cats and dogs were trained to hunt rats in the trenches. Dogs also trained to be casualty dogs that looked for wounded …show more content…
They would also stay by a soldier’s side to keep them company while they died. It is even believed that glow worms were used in WWI as an aid for map reading. In the article,. “ The Animals War Memorial” also said that, “Eight million horses and countless mules and donkeys died in the First World War”. Being use to transport ammunition and supplies in the battlefield while many died and not only from the horrors of shellfire but also in terrible weather and appalling conditions. In what circumstances was the government okay with this type of cruelty towards innocence animals. There should be laws enacted to protect animals? The problem is that if the military keeps forcing animals to fight wars, there's a possibility these animals could go into extinction. Animals should not be used as military resources because military participation is inhumane, therefore laws need to be enacted
Animals came to this world the same way humans did, with no rights, or obligations. Through centuries, humans learned skills to live in the world, to hunt and to love. Humans also learned to hate which caused conflicts between other nations. Humans found a way to use animals as weapons, they trained them to kill and to hunt enemies. According to the article “Animals and World War I”, says, “Over 16 million animals served in the First World War, were used to transport communication and companionship”. An estimated 1.2 million horses, donkeys, mules and camels carried food, water, ammunition and medical supplies to men at the front and approximately 200,000 pigeons carried messages. U.S. military used canaries to detect poisonous gas, while cats and dogs were trained to hunt rats in the trenches. Dogs also trained to be casualty dogs that looked for wounded …show more content…
They would also stay by a soldier’s side to keep them company while they died. It is even believed that glow worms were used in WWI as an aid for map reading. In the article,. “ The Animals War Memorial” also said that, “Eight million horses and countless mules and donkeys died in the First World War”. Being use to transport ammunition and supplies in the battlefield while many died and not only from the horrors of shellfire but also in terrible weather and appalling conditions. In what circumstances was the government okay with this type of cruelty towards innocence animals. There should be laws enacted to protect animals? The problem is that if the military keeps forcing animals to fight wars, there's a possibility these animals could go into extinction. Animals should not be used as military resources because military participation is inhumane, therefore laws need to be enacted