Armed attack dolphins on the loose

[Bumblebee]

It may be the oddest tale to emerge from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Armed dolphins, trained by the US military to shoot terrorists and pinpoint spies underwater, may be missing in the Gulf of Mexico.
Experts who have studied the US navy's cetacean training exercises claim the 36 mammals could be carrying 'toxic dart' guns. Divers and surfers risk attack, they claim, from a species considered to be among the planet's smartest. The US navy admits it has been training dolphins for military purposes, but has refused to confirm that any are missing.

Dolphins have been trained in attack-and-kill missions since the Cold War. The US Atlantic bottlenose dolphins have apparently been taught to shoot terrorists attacking military vessels. Their coastal compound was breached during the storm, sweeping them out to sea. But those who have studied the controversial use of dolphins in the US defence programme claim it is vital they are caught quickly.


Read article:
observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1577753,00.html

[bettagupp]

For some reason the link wont produce for me. It gives me one of those 'the site url you came from etc etc.'
I first heard about the military use of dolphins last year and from memory they do a good job. Not to sure if the ethics are spot on, apparently a few die along the way.
I'll google it and see what comes up.

[Bumblebee]

for some reason only half that link is useable on this forum, copy and paste the entire thing into the adress bar and it should load ok.

[Cyberguppy]

LOL. lets hope they dont start that on our other finned friends.

Secret millitary killer attack guppies!