E-7272: Petition to the Minister of National Defence — Canadian Petition Tracker
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Track petition E-7272 — "Petition to the Minister of National Defence" sponsored by Eric Duncan. 796 signatures and counting. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.
Petition Text
Petition to the Minister of National Defence
Whereas:
• pigs are intelligent and sentient animals capable of fear, distress, and social bonding;
• modern medical simulation technologies are widely available and are increasingly used in military medical training;
• over 70 percent of NATO member nations have already transitioned away from the use of animals in military medical training;
• documents obtained through Access to Information requests indicate that anatomical differences make pigs poor models for training medics to treat human injuries and may create “training scars” where techniques learned on animals do not translate properly to human casualties; and
• records indicate that hundreds of piglets have been used in Canadian military training exercises despite the availability of more humane and scientifically relevant alternatives.
We, the undersigned, Citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to prohibit the use of live animals, including piglets, in Canadian Armed Forces medical and trauma training and to transition fully to modern, non-animal simulation technologies.