Navy May Deploy Anti-Terrorism Dolphins.....

[skip68]

What do you guys think about this article? Do you think it is cruel treatment to mammals or not? 
http://home.bellsouth.net/s/editorial.dll?pnum=1&bfromind=2214&eeid=5126924&_sitecat=1522&dcatid=0&eetype=article&render=y&ac=2&ck=&ch=ne&rg=blsadstrgt

The wifey posted this as she is a avid dolphin lover and thought it was a good topic to ask opinions about.  

[MorePwr]

No, seems the same as taking your dog to the park to play frizbee. what seems cruel about it?

[BMOTOXSTAR]

 

[nh_mopar_fan]

"When a Navy dolphin detects a person in the water, it drops a beacon."

The drops part sound a lot like typical Dolphin, Chris Chambers and Marty Booker. 

[Arthu®]

The patrolling wouldn't consern me it would be how they are cared for when they are enclosed. How large is their cage, etc. Other than that I don't really see a problem. I don't really believe that animals should live in captivity but I do have seen animals treated much worse and I think we should start solving those problems and worry about the dolphins later as I don't expect them to get abused, not fed or tortured. Which for example the dancing bears are... IMHO

Arthur

[Lord Warlock]

The Navy's been using dolphins for years, and its been sufficiently covered by the news channels.  They use them to place a clamp on the legs or torsos of enemy divers that emits a homing signal to divers, recover lost artifacts, patrol zones around certain ships, as well as identify mines.  They are cared for much better than a pet gerbil in a cage.  They aren't kept in little pens, in fact they are usually kept in seaside holding areas or trained to come when called.  They are only confined when transporting to a particular location.  Like the persian gulf. 

[dkn1997]

what if ABU just stabs the dolphin before the fish can slap the cuffs on him.  Or what if the terrorist just carry a few extra mackeral with them to distract the dolphins?

Still a pretty neat concept.