In Fahrenheit 451 Montag says that “ We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while”, after thinking about this a bit I think that it’s a very true statement. Emotions are what makes us human, if we didn’t feel anger towards certain things then we there would not be much passion in the world. One of the things that tends to bother me is the treatment of dogs and in particular the treatment of Military War Dogs (The original site on my blog is not working so this was the next best source). When veterans retire from service they are treated with great respect and this should be the same for Military War Dogs.
Well the other day I was reading an article (here is the site to look at the article) about military war dogs and how they get retired. Retired police dogs are seen as heroes and get to retire with a comfortable life, usually with their handler, and are respected for the job they have done. This is not the same for military war dogs or “MWD’s”. MWD’s after completing their service are not retired in the luxury of their handler or given any special treatment after possibly saving hundreds of lives. They get put through a series of tests to decide whether they are “adoptable” and if they fail the test they are just euthanized. When I was reading this I was disgusted, how can the military do this to them after the dangerous job they have performed. Police dogs are not put through a series of tests and are not euthanized for failing. I think the military needs to come up with a better solution. I understand that most military handlers cannot keep a MWD due to the fact that the majority of these handlers are single and live in the barracks, which is basically a big apartment building with nothing but studios, but what if they stop the testing and instead screen adopters and find homes for all of the dogs, not just the ones that pass the test.
This issue is not something that gets brought to the attention of people very often, but it needs to. While I was in the Marine Corps I remember a video that was on YouTube of a Marine that threw a puppy off of a cliff. This put the Marine Corps in the spotlight and it made national news. My Gunny had to have a talk with us about animal abuse after this, well what about the issue of our own war dogs not being treated right. To me this is just as disgusting as that video, I was going to add the video to this blog but decided against it because it is graphic and I dont want the Marine Corps tied to this aweful video fake or not. I hope that something changes soon about this but until then its going to be something that I am bothered by.
In Fahrenheit 451 Montag says that “ We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while”, after thinking about this a bit I think that it’s a very true statement. Emotions are what makes us human, if we didn’t feel anger towards certain things then we there would not be much passion in the world. One of the things that tends to bother me is the treatment of dogs and in particular the treatment of military war dogs. When veterans retire from service they are treated with great respect and this should be the same for military war dogs.
Well the other day I was reading an article about military war dogs and how they get retired. Retired police dogs are seen as heroes and get to retire with a comfortable life, usually with their handler, and are respected for the job they have done. This is not the same for military war dogs or “MWD’s”. MWD’s after completing their service are not retired in the luxury of their handler or given any special treatment after possibly saving hundreds of lives. They get put through a series of tests to decide whether they are “adoptable” and if they fail the test they are just euthanized. When I was reading this I was disgusted, how can the military do this to them after the dangerous job they have performed. Police dogs are not put through a series of tests and are not euthanized for failing. I think the military needs to come up with a better solution. I understand that most military handlers cannot keep a MWD due to the fact that the majority of these handlers are single and live in the barracks, which is basically a big apartment building with nothing but studios, but what if they stop the testing and instead screen adopters and find homes for all of the dogs, not just the ones that pass the test.
This issue is not something that gets brought to the attention of people very often, but it needs to. While I was in the Marine Corps I remember a video that was on YouTube of a Marine that threw a puppy off of a cliff. This put the Marine Corps in the spotlight and it made national news. My Gunny had to have a talk with us about animal abuse after this, well what about the issue of our own war dogs not being treated right. To me this is just as disgusting as that video. I hope that something changes soon about this but until then its going to be something that I am bothered by.
