army has allegedly been testing weapons on dogs, cats and other animals after secretly overturning a policy stopping them from doing so, according to PETA.
The animal rights group were responsible for a pioneering campaign which saw the Department of Defense ban testing on animals in 1984, but now the activist group believe the policy was overturned in secret.The alleged change reportedly gave the US Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC), led by Brigadier General Anthony McQueen, permission to resule formerly banned tests on the beloved creatures - and PETA claims the change may have been made as early as 2020. READ MORE: Devastated dog stands over ruins of Ukrainian home after Russian attack kills his family The recent policy change behind the uproar now permits the "purchase or use of dogs, cats, nonhuman primates, or marine mammals to inflict wounds upon" with military weapons.This had previously been banned by rules brought in both in 1983 and 2005.PETA vice president Shalin Gala told the New York Post: "This new policy wasn't highlighted or publicly announced in great fanfare.
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