Victory: Bolivia Ends All Military Combat Exercises on Animals! April 1, 2009
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After seeing a video of Bolivian soldiers violently stabbing and torturing live dogs for trauma training last month—and hearing that it was supposedly what the U.S Army taught them to do—most of us were left with two things: an upset stomach, and the question of why this ever has to happen to any animal in the name of war.
Thousands of you wrote to Bolivia and asked them to immediately end all use of animals in military combat exercises. And because of you, dogs and other animals in this country—for the very first time—are protected under a brand new regulation that puts to an end the torture and killing of animals in military exercises!
On Monday, the Minister of Defense in Bolivia, Walker San Miguel, issued a resolution to prohibit the abuse and killing of animals in military exercises. San Miguel declared that "we are issuing a Resolution 217, by which we prohibit all acts of violence, exploitation, mistreatment that provokes the death of animals".
There's no excuse for any country to torture and kill animals—and we want the Department of Defense in the U.S to hear this message loud and clear. Tell the United States to follow Bolivia's lead and stop burning, shooting, poisoning and stabbing live animals in medical-training exercises now.
On behalf of animals everywhere—thank you!
Stay loud!
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YAAAAY!!! IM SO HAPPY!!!! :D :D :D
That's great! =D Kudos to all those who messaged them =)
xx
Good.Im happy.
Posted by: Jasmine Soto at April 1, 2009 2:32 PMYay!!!!!!! that's so amazing. just imagine how many animals are goin to b saved
Posted by: at April 1, 2009 3:19 PMYES!!!!
Posted by: Ella Kogel at April 1, 2009 3:21 PMI am so so happy!!! This is wonderful news :) thankyou to everyone who wrote letters!
Posted by: Laura H. at April 1, 2009 3:32 PMYYYYYEEEEEAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!
Posted by: Marylene at April 1, 2009 3:37 PMThis is great!
I'm so glad they've decided to end the abuse.
The video made me sick and so sad and horrified that they did those things.
It was inhuman.
YES!! Im happy :)
Posted by: Nico at April 1, 2009 3:44 PMthat is so fricken awesomeeeee
Posted by: Lupe at April 1, 2009 4:12 PMWOOO HOOO!!!! YAY!! :) :) :)
At last, Im soo happy and thankful!!
Bless all the Dogs and Pigs!!
I really hope other countries will follow in Bolivias footsteps!!!!
Yay! :) So happy.
Posted by: Samantha at April 1, 2009 4:19 PMyaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: arlene at April 1, 2009 4:25 PMahhhh! omg thois is AMAZINNGGGGGG!!!! Im soo happy!!!!!
Posted by: Grace at April 1, 2009 4:31 PMabsolutely wonderful.
Posted by: Felix at April 1, 2009 4:33 PMexcellent - good news for a change - oh joy!!!
Posted by: lin at April 1, 2009 4:42 PMThis is extremely good news :D
Posted by: Jessi at April 1, 2009 5:25 PMI am so amazingly glad but im worried that they will still do it. Rules like 'your not allowed to kill someone' still go on. Even if you are sent to prison, they still do it. I hope not! THANKS everyone for sending a message!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Betsy at April 1, 2009 6:24 PMgreat...grEAT...GREAT!!!!!!!! this new is one of the best ones of the year!!! wouldn´t be able to do anything without PETAs help and everyone who signed, and Bolivian animal rescue organizations..!! so excited!
Posted by: Noelia at April 1, 2009 6:59 PMthis is freaking amazing!!!!
i am SOOO happy!!
we are trully making a difference here
that's incredible! why can't other countries like the us be more like that??
Posted by: cody at April 1, 2009 9:14 PMOH THANK GOD!
THAT VID WAS GRUESOME!!!
ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR EVERYONE WHO HELPED SAVE THESE DEFENSELESS DOGS LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Asti at April 1, 2009 10:45 PMHallelujah!! Persistance does pay off!
Posted by: Holly at April 1, 2009 11:05 PMAll I have to say is "FUCK YES!!!!!!!!" That made me sick for days. I don't eat any form of meat what-so-ever. I am strict vegetarian because the death of ANY animal is so repulsive to me it literally makes me sick, so why would I ever consume one? I don't know how we can do it but we have to make the world see that hurting animals is wrong and should never be done just so you can have a nice steak for dinner.
Posted by: at April 1, 2009 11:13 PMWoW thats great The dogs are free
Posted by: Joshua at April 1, 2009 11:26 PMWoot! Its funny how the U.S.A. thinks they are so great. Yes, I live in this country but its really horrible that other countries can open their eyes to these issues yet the U.S., the country that thinks they are better than everyone else, the country thats supposed to stand for freedom, still stands blind. Wake up America. =/
Posted by: ashley at April 1, 2009 11:39 PMIm glad the cruelty has ended !! I hope that the US will follow their lead !!
Posted by: Kay at April 1, 2009 11:59 PMWell, that's a victory!
Posted by: Kay at April 2, 2009 6:44 AMQUALITTYYYY :D well happy about that :):):):):):):D:D:D:D:D:D
Posted by: Tommy at April 2, 2009 7:21 AMYayyyyyyyyy!!!! awesome news!!!!
Posted by: Ashley at April 2, 2009 8:00 AMThis is such awesome news!!!! I feel so happy that something is being done for these poor animals :) YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you to everyone who made it possible
Posted by: at April 2, 2009 8:30 AMThis is absolutely fantastical! yay i'm so excited and happy and other words of joy that i can't think of!
Posted by: Darci at April 2, 2009 10:55 AMThis better not be another April Fools day joke.
Posted by: Josie at April 2, 2009 1:34 PMyay :D
glad it happened.
let's hope the seals are able to survive now too :D
Oh wow, that was quick [:
I sent a letter the second I watched that video, I showed my mom and she was so disgusted. I was on the phone with my dad while I was watching it, and I just kept yelling "Oh my GOD!"
I'm really glad that this regulation's been passed, and I sent a letter to the U.S. asking them to do the same. Let's hope they respond as speedily!
Excellent! I'm going to have a vegan party!
Posted by: Kelly at April 2, 2009 3:41 PM:D YES.! good job everybody!
Posted by: Ginny at April 2, 2009 4:18 PMyay! :D we did it!!
Posted by: taylor at April 2, 2009 4:20 PMGenial!!!
Felicidades a todos aquellos que, como yo, firmaron la solicitud y ayudaron a salvar la vida de muchos animales!!!
Posted by: Fernanda at April 2, 2009 4:31 PMOHH YEAH! WE ALL WORKED SO HARD! I CAN REMEMBER SENDING MORE THAN 10 EMAILS WITH MEAN LANGUAGE AND TELLING THEM THEY NEED TO STOP!!! right now!
SOO HAPPY THSI HAPPEND! THANK GOD! =)
yes I am soooo glad we helped to put an end to this horrible situation!!! I`m so relieved!!! :)now it`s the U.S`s turn!!!
Posted by: Miranda at April 2, 2009 7:44 PM:)
that's all, just :)
Posted by: Anita at April 2, 2009 9:18 PMoh thats great!! YAY!!
Posted by: Zeinab at April 2, 2009 10:22 PMYAAAAAYYYYY!!! now all we need to do is STOP THE SEAL CLUBBING!
Posted by: melissa freese at April 2, 2009 10:56 PMnever been happier! ;D all we have to do now is stop animal hunting and abuse all over the world. the dogs deserve to live happily. i thank everyone else who submitted letters. you're all amazing legends. xo
Posted by: katt. at April 3, 2009 12:18 AMgreat
:)
**cheers**
Yay!!!!
I feel so happy now!
Hooray for PETA2!
Yay! I'm glad that I was apart of this. I was super excited when I got the email, and still am. The dogs didn't deserve it.
:)
*Does a happy dance*
Posted by: Little_Lotte at April 3, 2009 7:21 PMyesssssssss we did it i is so proud=]
Posted by: jocelyne at April 3, 2009 7:54 PMyes! that is so awesome...i have no words to descrbe my feeling but now we just need our United States Army and convince them to do the same
Posted by: mariaelena mendez at April 4, 2009 4:00 AMyay!
poor little puppies,
im glad we stopped it(:
its amazing what dedicated people who strive for the wellbeing of animals can do :D
Posted by: Grace at April 5, 2009 8:45 AMYayyy :D !!!!
Posted by: at April 5, 2009 11:55 AMVictory is ours once again! Long live PETA!
Posted by: Anais at April 11, 2009 2:50 PMI'm soooooooo happy that this happend for the animals alest they got victory and the animals are at peace now....
Posted by: Jessica at April 11, 2009 8:19 PMyay
i am so happy that dogs dont die for war anymore
=]
it just makes me want to go and hug all the dogs i see
Posted by: maymay at April 12, 2009 4:03 PMYAYAYAYA IM GONNA GO HUG THEN BOLIVIANS!
Posted by: Amber at April 14, 2009 10:33 AMI'm so happy!!! :)
Posted by: Emilie at April 16, 2009 9:40 AMTHIS IS SO AWSOME, THAT I CUT CLASS TO POST THIS! XD
Posted by: doggy at April 17, 2009 1:07 PMYYYYYAAYYY!!!
i am a really big animal loverr so this is really great newss for me
Who ever said one person can't make a difference?
Thanks to each individual letter, this was stopped! WOOT!
Finally Thanx To Everyone WHo Sent The Letter
Posted by: Syn Suicide at April 21, 2009 2:50 PMFinally Thanx To Everyone WHo Sent in The Letter
Posted by: Syn Suicide at April 21, 2009 2:50 PMI'm sitting next to this fat kid who says animals don't have emotion. He's a bitch!
That's absolutely fantastic.
I hope the US follows their example. (:
V-I-C-T-O-R-Y ~~~ what's that spell? VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
Posted by: Rinny at April 22, 2009 10:25 PMthat is so great to hear! It really hurts me when I hear of animal torture.
Posted by: kassie at April 26, 2009 3:40 PMim so happy that we have made a difference(:
Posted by: lizz at April 27, 2009 6:32 PMI never saw the video but can imagine how grusome it must have been so thank you all who stopped this horrible murder of dogs and what ever else they used to conduct thier awful training. Couldn't they have used a crash dummy instead of live creatures?
Posted by: Lisa at April 28, 2009 1:32 PMThat´s the very best news I have received in weeks...Just great!!!
Posted by: Margie Jover at April 28, 2009 2:12 PMAwesome News! It is nice to hear something nice for a change!
Posted by: Moe at April 28, 2009 2:13 PMYes!! Feels so good to make a difference for such a wonderful cause!!
Posted by: Gustavo at April 28, 2009 2:44 PMThe only thing everyone, is that we have to be diligent because what is to say that they are not doing it behind closed doors? Believe me, it is not over. These government officials just want to get PETA off of their back and they say and do anything to do so. It is like the fur industry, one designer says, "No I am not using real fur in my designs any longer!" Then we hear at a later date that they have been caught again using real fur! We must be diligent and never think that things are as they seem.
Realistic and Concerned Anita
Posted by: Anita Pratt at April 28, 2009 3:03 PMThis is awesome!
But as Anita Pratt said, WE CAN'T stop now. We have to remind them of cruelty, they could be lying.
But it's still great to hear!
Posted by: Ashley P at April 28, 2009 8:55 PMThank God! I thought it was absolutely disgusting. I salute Bolivia - Thank you so much
Posted by: Crista at April 28, 2009 9:21 PMpour une fois que lon peut changer quelque chose!!
Posted by: cindy at April 28, 2009 9:38 PMwoot woot
finally!! i saw the video and it was soo sad =(
but thank god its over now =)
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =D
Thank you Peta for all the work you do. Without you this wouldn't have happened. Keep up the good work, lots of people count on you.
Posted by: David at April 29, 2009 7:10 AMYAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! =)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=)
Posted by: Shani at April 29, 2009 4:04 PMYEAH! it`s the best news today!!! thank you PETA!!
i have a german sheperd, named lucky, he was found 'in a bolivian military camp half starved and suverley wounded, and he now lives with us and he is so happy he has 3 legs
Posted by: savanna at April 29, 2009 8:55 PMfinally this dog torture is over!
Well, then do we continue to hear our voices to defend those who have no voice
silvia
italia
SOY VEGETARIANA, ESCRIBO DESDE ARGENTINA.
ME ALEGRO QUE SE FRENE ESA MATANZA HORRIBLE.
ES INCREIBLE QUE NACIONES DIVERSAS SE ABUSEN DE LA VIDA DE LOS ANIMALES. NADIE LES DA ESE DERECHO.
What good news!
cerca
Giovanna
italia
AHA YES!! We did it! xD!
-Emily
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Posted by: Emily at May 1, 2009 11:27 PMYAAAAAAAY!!!!!! :D
Posted by: Emily at May 3, 2009 8:37 PMI am so happy about that its a very big relief.I was born in Bolivia and there is so much to do over there for animals. I hope they respect the new resolution over there.
:)
"(...) by which we prohibit all acts of violence, exploitation, mistreatment that provokes the death of animals"
That provokes the death of animals... Oh boy... I sure hope that's not the official phrasing in their new law. I want to be optimistic and believe that the Bolivian government isn't corrupt enough to continue the torture and state that, because of the phrasing, they can torture as much as they want as long as they don't lead the dogs to their death. But living in another South American country, and knowing how "not" corrupt the governments are, this is a bit unsettling for me... I hope I'm wrong...
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WHOOOOHOOOO!!!
Posted by: Uma at April 1, 2009 2:09 PMAll those dogs will be so thankful.
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