I heard this rumor last night and was shocked.
Apparently they do it to get the soldiers used to the bloodiness of killing.
Sometimes they cook and eat the dogs after they’re done.
True or False? I really hope it’s false.
Discuss.
I was in the military for seven plus years and underwent some fairly diverse and rigorous training (small tactics, escape and evasion, survival, demolisions [EOD], parachuting, urban and rural COIN, forward air control, close-combat, platoon and company weapons, etc.) and I have never seen or heard of melee combat on live dogs or any other animals.
Like the OP, I hope it’s false. :s
Not true…they use former Taiwan politicians.
Only trouble is they don’t have very much blood left in them.
[quote=“TaiwanPsycho”]I heard this rumor last night and was shocked.
Apparently they do it to get the soldiers used to the bloodiness of killing…[/quote]
Which country are we talking about here?
I’ve heard of braindead local conscripts torturing strays around their barracks for fun, but not as part of any training program.
[quote=“TaiwanPsycho”]I heard this rumor last night and was shocked.
Apparently they do it to get the soldiers used to the bloodiness of killing.
Sometimes they cook and eat the dogs after they’re done.
True or False? I really hope it’s false.
Discuss.[/quote]
How can soldiers be prepared for a potential surprise attack by a squadron of mongrels if they’ve never actually practiced under such circumstances? Video game simulation is not the same as the real thing.
Btw, did you mean [color=red]melee [/color]training or mala training?
This is Wally, a dog bushibanned called us in to help. He had wire embedded in his neck and trailing behind him. The neighbours (locals), whose homes overlook the army barracks, told us they had previously seen Wally hung up by the wire and soldiers beating him as he hung there.
The neighbours mounted their own campaign to catch the dog and were soon successful and got him to a nearby vet. Animals Taiwan took over from there, and the great news is that Wally was adopted by his foster mum and lives the kind of life that most spoilt dogs only dream of.
I wrote to several govt agencies to complain about the abuse, and they said they had investigated, were sure it wasn’t happening any more, and that anyone caught abusing animals would be punished.
I never heard of anything like this before. In fact, one of the captains on base we called “Captain Ah-mi-to-fo” because he looked like a smiling buddha, regularly brought food out for the base strays.
In the UK they use pigs for weapon’s development tests.
When testing things such as bullet proof jackets, they will use pigs and actually shoot them with different weapons etc.
They save the monkey’s for the biological and chemical weapons tests.
Now that’s a fact!
[quote=“fenlander”]In the UK they use pigs for weapon’s development tests.
When testing things such as bullet proof jackets, they will use pigs and actually shoot them with different weapons etc.
They save the monkey’s for the biological and chemical weapons tests.
Now that’s a fact![/quote]
That’s a fact too.
[quote=“Mother Theresa”]100 years ago, Thomas Edison electrocuted dogs, cats and even a circus elephant for commercial gain, to show how great his AC power was. Of course, that led to the development of the electric chair for use on humans.
That’s a fact too.[/quote]
Actually, Edison’s power – if it could be called that – was DC. He wanted to stop AC, in part by making it look dangerous.
[quote=“cranky laowai”][quote=“Mother Theresa”]100 years ago, Thomas Edison electrocuted dogs, cats and even a circus elephant for commercial gain, to show how great his AC power was. Of course, that led to the development of the electric chair for use on humans.
That’s a fact too.[/quote]
Actually, Edison’s power – if it could be called that – was DC. He wanted to stop AC, in part by making it look dangerous.[/quote]
What about ACDC then ? I here they can give out a hell of a zap !
"Two faced woman with the two faced lies
I hope your two faced living made you satisfied
Tell me baby I was your only one
While you’ve been running around town
with every mother’s son
Told your story about the women like you
Told your story about the things you do
I used to think that you were sugar and spice
I should’ve listened to my mother’s advice"
Fenlander, you just made my day, and in a real heavy forum.
:note: 
“Kicked in the teeth Again.”
Powerage.
Simply awesome rock’n’roll!
Yet, to get back.
Any & all such senseless torturing of an animal is barbaric in the extreme. All culpability lies with the junior officers, and all the NCOs for failing to lead. Unless the guidance came from even farther above, which is another biscuit entirely.
Many soldiers who man guard posts, especially relatively remote ones, will adopt the local stray dogs who help them keep on top of the situation in the area and them company.
I’ve had multiple locals tell me that when they were in the army they’d torture and kill dogs. They said it was “the norm” so they did it too. But those event would have been about 20 years ago considering their age and when they told me.
Sadly, this kind of abuse is still happening:
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/080306/69/ut27.html
If you can bear it, the videos are here:
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-3725#
I’m looking into how we can bring justice down on those cowardly pricks and stop this kind of abuse happening again.
Stay tuned …