Please Ship Dogs to Washington So Poison Gas May be Tested on Them, 1918

“Dog Cages,” from the Daily Times, Wilson, N.C., August 19, 1918. After the Germans gassed soldiers in World War I, the United States rushed to develop its own poisonous gasses for use in the war. In order to test the poisons, the government asked people to ship them dogs! Can you imagine this happening today?

Cages have been sent to Wilson for the purpose of securing dogs to have them gassed that the government may make experiments with them in the making of the different kinds of gas it is manufacturing. Those who have dogs they desire to get rid of, and the stray dogs that are around the streets, are being picked up and sent to Washington for experimental purposes.