Les animaux ne sont pas des armes pour faire la guerre

Les animaux ne sont pas des armes pour faire la guerre


On apprend que:
-des lions de mer et des dauphins vont etre utilisés comme "radar à
mines" lors d'une simulation de guerre marine (RIMPAC).
-les mammifères marins sont utilisés dans l'armé depuis les années 60.
-15 millions de dollards ont été déboursés pour un programme
d'utilisation des mammifères marins qui possède 75 dauphins et 30
lions de mer.
-1 million de dollards par an sont économisés par l'armé en utilisant
des mammifères marins, inutile de dire qu'ils ne vont pas lacher
l'affaire facilement...

une photo (authenticité à vérifier) ici:
http://www.strangemilitary.com/images/content/9246.jpg

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HONOLULU (AP) — Alongside the submarines, ships and airplanes
participating in large-scale military exercises in the Pacific this
month, a team of sea lions and dolphins are expected to patrol the sea.

These marine animals will be flown in from San Diego for simulated
mine recovery and mine detection during the biennial RIMPAC war games.

Six bottle-nosed dolphins would find the mines, while four California
sea lions would help recover them.

"There are a number of mechanical systems that work to some degree in
those areas, but not as well as the Navy would like them to work,"
said Tom Lapuzza, spokesman for the Navy's Marine Mammal Program.
"Unmanned vehicles are becoming better at finding mines and being able
to deal with them, but they are still not as good as the dolphins are."

More than 40 ships, six submarines, 160 aircraft and nearly 19,000
military personnel are taking part in RIMPAC 2006, which runs from
Monday through July 28.

It brings together military forces from Australia, Canada, Chile,
Peru, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and the United
States for training off Hawaii.

But the high-tech gadgets deployed by the military can't match the
natural skills of the dolphins and sea lions, Lapuzza said.

Sea lions have "incredibly good underwater hearing" and can dive to
1,000 feet to attach a recovery line to a simulated mine, he said.
Dolphins use their sonar to find the mines.

"For sure the divers and unmanned vehicles are going," he said. "They
are thinking about taking dolphins, but are not sure they are going to
do that yet."

Opponents of the program say the military should not train animals for
use in warfare.

"These animals are highly sensitive, deeply intelligent creatures, and
to use them for warfare is to abuse them," said Wayne Johnson, who is
on the board of Animal Rights Hawaii. "These animals need to swim free."

Marine mammals have been used by the Navy since the early 1960s.

The animals save the Navy an estimated $1 million a year, Lapuzza said.

The $15 million Marine Mammal Program has 75 dolphins and 30 sea lions
at its San Diego facility.

The four sea lions will be transported to Hawaii in cages with pools
of water, and dolphins are carried in 10-foot-long fiberglass boxes
suspended in a sling and enough water to enable them to float, Lapuzza
said.

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Les animaux ne sont pas des armes pour faire la guerre

Je suis entièrement d'accord...comment peut-on se servir d'animaux pour faire la guerre ???