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Stop the use of animal testing where simulators and other non-animal methods are available, as happens in the military.

Created by S.S. on September 23, 2011

The U.S. Army conducts a cruel training laboratory that involves injecting monkeys with a drug overdose to crudely recreate the effects of a nerve agent attack. The monkeys they use suffer from vomiting and uncontrollable twitching and seizures, and some stop breathing.
Instead of tormenting animals, other military and civilian training programs—even courses in the U.S. Navy and Air Force—use simulators, human actors, and other effective non-animal methods.
The fact that the Army's monkey laboratory is optional demonstrates that the military agrees that trainees can be taught to effectively manage chemical attack injuries without using animals.
The Army's monkey laboratories violate Department of Defense policies that prohibit harming primates and require alternatives whenever possible.

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