The CIA tried to train pigeons to take pictures of a Soviet shipyard building nuclear attack submarines (AFP Photo/Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD)
Daily Mail: Cold War-era CIA documents reveal how the agency trained cats, dolphins, ravens and even a cockatoo to secretly spy on the Soviet Union
* The CIA released documents about its secret animal testing program Thursday
* During the Cold War, it spent a decade trying to train animals to spy for them
* Among the animals tried were cats, dolphins, ravens, pigeons and a cockatoo
* They hoped the animals could be used for surveillance purposes
* Testing produced mixed results and the agency eventually abandoned the idea
Newly released documents reveal that the US Central Intelligence Agency had high hopes of training a variety of animals - on the ground, in the air and at sea - to help them spy on the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
On Thursday, the CIA released dozens of files from its tests on cats, dogs, dolphins and on birds from pigeons to some of the smartest: ravens and crows.
Among them, Do Da was top in espionage class in early 1974, on the way to becoming a high-flying CIA agent. He was said to have handled himself better in the rough, carried heavier loads, and could brush off attackers.
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