The Army put out a manual on using various animals for packing. PETA ,of course, http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Army_manual_on_using_horses_mules_0130.html objects especially elephants Am I a bad luck charm???
Ya, lets worry about animals that when they are not being tortured by the SF, are being lovingly cared for by some third world nut job that in most cases when they are hungry will eat that mule! PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals!