NatureMC, 1 month ago @timkmak Unfortunately, programs to train #marine #mammals as #spies or #weapons goes back at least to the Cold War era. Main countries were the Soviet Union, then Ukraine (until they passed them) and Russia, but also the USA with navy and CIA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_marine_mammal Remember the popularity of "Flipper", it was the time when the CIA started different programs: https://medium.com/@risetvofficial/why-once-the-cia-trained-dolphins-to-be-spies-what-was-their-agenda-af13d9224ae6 The abuse of #animals in #warfare is even older: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_animal #dolphins #ethics #AnimalCruelty
@timkmak Unfortunately, programs to train #marine #mammals as #spies or #weapons goes back at least to the Cold War era. Main countries were the Soviet Union, then Ukraine (until they passed them) and Russia, but also the USA with navy and CIA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_marine_mammal
Remember the popularity of "Flipper", it was the time when the CIA started different programs: https://medium.com/@risetvofficial/why-once-the-cia-trained-dolphins-to-be-spies-what-was-their-agenda-af13d9224ae6 The abuse of #animals in #warfare is even older: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_animal
#dolphins #ethics #AnimalCruelty
NatureMC