{"id":20468,"date":"2010-09-15T12:38:56","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T16:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=20468"},"modified":"2010-09-15T12:38:56","modified_gmt":"2010-09-15T16:38:56","slug":"if-we-cant-use-dogs-can-we-use-peta-members-to-sniff-out-ieds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=20468","title":{"rendered":"If We Can’t Use Dogs, Can We Use PETA Members to Sniff Out IEDs?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was reading this<\/a> article about the dog handlers from my old unit (2nd Battalion, 1st Marines) and what they are doing to get ready to go to Afghanistan. One of the Marines interviewed at the end of the video in the article was in my squad for the last half of our Iraq deployment (and is an all-around good Marine). Good breakdown of what dogs do for our grunts in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

However, I saw this little gem at the end of the article:<\/p>\n

The program, which first began in 2007, is being opposed by animal rights group PETA, 10News learned.<\/p>\n

In a statement sent to 10News, the organization said: “No animal should be used in situations considered too dangerous for a human being, as those situations, obviously, too dangerous for the animal as well.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First of all, anyone who has deployed with these dogs can tell you they are treated extremely well and their handlers don’t knowingly put them into situations that would result in their deaths or serious injury. They are trained to sniff out IEDs before they are set off and because of their lightweight and smaller size they are less likely to set off land-mines or pressure plates. Bottom line is these dogs save lives and are not simply being sent into battle to blow themselves up so a human doesn’t have to. But if PETA had their way, this life-saving tool would be removed from the battlefield. So I purpose this solution: If PETA doesn’t want us to use dogs to sniff out IEDs, then they should do a one-for-one swap of dogs for PETA members so the Marine Corps\/Army\/Navy\/Air Force can train (or attempt to train) them to sniff out bombs and IEDs.<\/p>\n

Its a win-win for everybody involved in my opinion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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