Dear Representative Bob Filner,

I am writing in support of your bill the Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training (BEST) Practices Act (H.R. 1417) — a bill that would require military training programs to use human-based training methods rather than live animals.

Currently many military trauma and combat training programs utilize pigs or goats to attempt to replicate battlefield situations. They cut off these poor animals' limbs, experiment on them while still alive, and then kill them when they're done.

With the advancements that have been made in the medical training field, there is no reason to use animals any longer. Aside from the fact that animals' anatomy and physical reactions to trauma don't compare to humans', there are sound human-based training methods that don't put any living being's safety into question. These have rendered the use of animals completely obsolete.

We must stop the inhumanity against these poor animals. Please see that H.R. 1417 is swiftly cemented into law!