--- Steve Sloan II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > U.S. enlists dolphins to aid Iraq war effort > > http://www.msnbc.com/news/890520.asp?0ql=c8p
Since they're just supposed to find the mines and show their handlers where they are, and can accomplish the task more swifly and safely than humans could, it doesn't seem too exploitative. "...Animal-rights advocates have long questioned whether marine mammals could, or should, be trained to take on military duty � particularly when it comes to confronting humans. In the late 1980s, the Progressive Animal Welfare Society successfully sued to block the Navy from using dolphins as armed sentries at a submarine base in Washington state..." According to the link provided in the article, 'armed' meant that the dolphins were in effect "suicide" de-miners (and possibly anti-submarine as well? the info was very sketchy). GSV Uplifted __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
