Army to shoot live pigs for drill

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

HONOLULU - The Army says it's critical to saving the lives of wounded soldiers. Animal-rights activists call the training cruel and outdated.
Despite opposition by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the Army is moving forward with its plan to shoot live pigs and treat their gunshot wounds in a medical trauma exercise Friday at Schofield Barracks for soldiers headed to Iraq.

"It's to teach Army personnel how to manage critically injured patients within the first few hours of their injury," Cheng said.

The soldiers are learning emergency lifesaving skills needed on the battlefield when there are no medics, doctors or facility nearby, he said.

PETA, however, said there are more advanced and humane options available, including high-tech human simulators. In a letter, PETA urged the Army to end all use of animals, "as the overwhelming majority of North American medical schools have already done."

"Shooting and maiming pigs is outdated as Civil War rifles," said Kathy Guillermo, director of PETA's Laboratory Investigations Department.

The Norfolk, Va.-based group demanded the exercise be halted after it was notified by a "distraught" soldier from the unit, who disclosed a plan to shoot the animals with M4 carbines and M16 rifles.

"There's absolutely no reason why they have to shoot live pigs," PETA spokeswoman Holly Beal said.

The bloody exercise, she said, is difficult for soldiers because they sometimes associate the animals with their own pet dogs

here piggy piggy piggy //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

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[_DjScrew_ 5,000+ posts]

that's not cool.

 

[brtnboarder3241 5,000+ posts]

lol

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

so they shoot it then try to save it? That's fucking retarded, might as well roast the SOB right after

 

[_DjScrew_ 5,000+ posts]

wait did you mean cops? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

/sarcasm

 

[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

hrmph

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

so they shoot it then try to save it? That's fucking retarded, might as well roast the SOB right after

im down for some pig-ca-bobs //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

wait did you mean cops? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
/sarcasm

Im sure PETA wouldnt complain about that //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[tez4life Premium Member]

that's not cool.

But it is funny.......Wonder if they will roast a few after the drill?

 

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

Pig just taste's better if it suffered.

 

[4runnercrazy 10+ year member]

fvck peta, if they save one life due to that training, then it was worth it

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Do they at least have a roast afterwards?

nG

 

[_DjScrew_ 5,000+ posts]

i know peta goes a little far.. but an animals life means nothing to you?

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

fvck peta, if they save one life due to that training, then it was worth it

doubt if they will

 

[WhoSayWho? 5,000+ posts]

that's not cool.

Why not? Have you ever shot a pig?