Animal ethics

A senior military dog-handler testified on Wednesday that he was deeply troubled when he and his dog were thrust into the chaotic environment of an interrogation room at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

Navy Chief Petty Officer William Kimbro, testifying in the court martial of an Army dog-handler accused of abusing detainees, recalled being sent into an interrogation room and finding so much chaos that he worried about his dog’s welfare. He left quickly after one of the interrogators screamed at him to set his dog on a prisoner, he said. "It’s my morals and it’s my professional opinion: It’s wrong to use your dog in any way that the dog is not trained to do," Kimbro said.