Vivisections and vivo experiments on animals by the military mean that thousands of animals were injured, exposed to poisons, biological viruses and bacteria.
Godzilla is a fictional prehistoric monster that woke up and mutated as a result of nuclear radiation. This radiation appeared in the mid-1950s, almost 70 years ago, at the height of the paranoia of the Cold War. Godzilla, a tall, unknown monster, threatened to destroy entire cities and represented the fear of nuclear war.
Like today's disaster films, Godzilla reflected society, and despite the fact that a lot of time has passed, this cinematic representation of mutation and animal testing has survived to this day.
Earlier this year, a Japanese film was released entitled "Mary and the Witch's Flower", which displays an alternate universe. In this universe, the cells contain animals with which two crazy wizards are experimenting with catastrophic results. If you remove the fantasy element from the cartoon, the soul will remain an alarming reflection of the modern world.
The use of animals in the beauty, medicine and food industries is known. But a significant number of animals were also used in military experiments - to test the effects of mechanical, chemical and biological weapons. People do not talk about animals as victims of war. This is despicable and heartbreaking, but information about the pre-war deaths remains behind a closed door. This issue is especially worrying because it is hidden from society. The nature of military trials is secretive and complex. These tests had to be regulated, like all animal tests. Reports from nonprofits such as the Animal Justice Project and the International Association Against Painful Animal Experiments (IAAPEA) suggest that military experiments were violent, depraved, and unnecessary.
Brian Gunn, IAEA Secretary General, said: "Basically, the secret use of animals has been used in weapons research."
It is known that animals were exposed to radiation, chemical, biological and ballistic weapons. Such barbaric studies were often funded by taxpayer money.
Typical defense of such tests is “defensive reasons”. But in fact, the results can always be used for offensive purposes. Usually, the rationale for experiments is that fighting animal injuries are easier to treat. But people and animals are physiologically different, so such tests may not be relevant.
Between 1946 and 1958, they conducted 23 nuclear device tests on Bikini, an island in the North Pacific Ocean near the United States. Boats bombed to measure the potential for fallout, in case a war breaks out between Eastern and Western Europe. The boats were loaded with live animals, including pigs, rats and goats, to measure the radioactive radius and the number of expected victims. On July 15, 1946, the Los Angeles Times reported: "Animals for the Bikini Test began to die like flies."
Radiation sickness, internal injuries and the lack of surgical treatment made many animals dead or infected with leukemia.
Pigs were especially useful for testing due to biological similarities with humans. One pig became interesting to researchers, nicknamed the "Enduring Pig 311". She was found floating in the sea after an atomic bomb test, rescued, and, after observation, was sent to the National Zoo in Washington, DC. Pig 311, as its name implies, was not the only test subject. Stories that have appeared since then described the full degree of cruelty to animals on the island of Bikini. Dustin E. Kirby, a naval traumatologist who anesthetized pigs for testing, said: " The idea was to work with living tissues. I got a pig and tried to save her life. I saw the shock of a wounded creature after being injured. My pig? They are twice "They shot her in the face with a 9 mm pistol, then six times with an AK-47, and then twice with a shotgun of 12 gauges. I kept her alive for 15 hours."
From 1946 to 1958, more than 2, 000 animals were used for testing on the Bikini Island. This practice continues today, animals are still widely used for testing on living tissue. The Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS) estimates that there are at least 15 U.S. military installations that use animals to research deadly viruses, including Ebola, Dengue fever, and Anthrax.
Some argue that animals must be used to hone medical prowess on diseases that can be used as weapons. But this is an inhuman form of animal exploitation. We do not own animals. We have no right to hold them, use them, try new drugs on them, subject them to pain, control them, bomb them or burn them with bullets.
This applies not only to the United States. Disgusting practice to research and improve weapons, which will be used for the deaths of human lives, is conducted around the world. Hatred breeds hatred, and these tests on living tissue are murders in the name of war. When requesting information, we identified the following number of animals used in scientific research in 2016 for Dstl - a scientific and technological laboratory; and the Department of Defense (MOD), which is responsible for the safety of the United Kingdom: 2167 mice, 199 rats, 236 guinea pigs, 27 pigs and 116 primates. Total: 2745 lives.
Dstl and MOD claim that they use less than 0.5% of the total number of animals used in annual studies in the UK. But 2745 lives were exploited and stolen from their rightful owners. For testing nerve agents, ketamine injections, or creating biological weapons, animals were infected or strangled with toxic gases. It is beyond the comprehension of the torture that innocent beings endure.
The Animal Justice Project has published an article, The Invisible Victims, which talks about the use of animals in military research - heart-breaking, disturbing and eye-opening reading.
The UK Department of Defense is responsible for the torture and death of thousands of animals, including rabbits, guinea pigs and monkeys. This is a crime against humanity. Pigs are forced to inhale toxic mustard gas, macaques are given vaccines, monkeys are infected with diseases, rabbits and guinea pigs are forced to breathe nerve gas.
The Ministry of Defense is “proud” of this work and claims to save lives. The animal welfare project rejects this. Each of the experiments points to the exact opposite of research and repeats the worn-out formula: to study toxic chemicals for war using crude animal tests.
In 2000, a White House deputy spoke out that animal experiments with mustard gas and nerve gas are disgusting. But these experiments continued at Porton Down for another 18 years. In addition, most laboratory procedures are classified as “core” studies that use natural resources, and tests do not have material benefits for humans. Why steal the lives of animals in order to improve the financial situation of society, to cause pain and damage? This is immoral and wrong. Fortunately, there are animal victimization teams that urge governments to use humane methods, such as computer simulations, to save lives of people and animals.
