PETA files inspector general complaint to stop Marines eating snakes, scorpions and more in survival exercise
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/07/peta-files-inspector-general-complaint-to-stop-marines-eating-snakes-scorpions-and-more-in-survival-exercise/
Doesn't that interfere with their insect eating narrative?
"PETA said the survival methods demonstrated in Cobra Gold, to include “killing chickens with their bare hands, skinning and eating live geckos, consuming live scorpions and tarantulas, decapitating cobras and drinking their blood, and otherwise reveling in the ritualistic killing and consumption of animals” would violate U.S. cruelty-to-animals laws."
Top of the food chain comes with its perks! Ritualistic? More like methods of conquering one's food aversions. It's not easy to get over your repulsion and eat certain things until you are facing starvation.
Our AFROTC pilot candidates had to do their survival training out in the Texas desert for about 5 days. They were given one day's rations, some water, a few survival tools, and their clothes. One of our cadets killed and grilled a rattlesnake. it's called survival training, not "Be kind to nature" training.
My training was less intense and lasted just one day. We were provided plenty of water (had to drink 2 1-quart canteens per hour, and we were still dehydrated), I ate grasshoppers I caught, was given one C-ration for dinner, and we spent all day learning about setting up markers for rescue, building and finding shelter, avoiding injuries that could lead to death including scorpion stings and snake bites, etc., etc.
People who cry for "ethical treatment" of animals typically assign human attributes to animals. Sorry, but situations dictate how "ethical" or "humane" one can be without sacrificing one's own life.
Animals are food for other animals, including for humans. Nature's rules, not humans'.