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Army to shoot live pigs for training

#29
ROON said:
Gonna shoot live pigs, then try to save them by operating on their wounds? :confused:
Even if they are anaesthetised and feel no pain, I think it is wrong. I'm no animal activist or anything, but that is just plain wrong IMO.
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how is real life training on how to treat real battle wounds "just plain wrong"?

I suppose you could suggest another way of soldiers learning how to dress real battle field wounds?
 
#31
Mark Latimour said:
Here's a link to the AAP article on it:

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Feel free to speak up with any evidence to suggest its false. I'll be waiting patiently..... :rolleyes:
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i simply thought it was hilarious. FOX news is nothing more than man-gossip here in the US, depending on who you ask (and you asked me, i'm assuming).
the info is not the issue, just the presentation. fair and balanced and all that...

can't vouch for its reputation in AUS.
 
#32
69nites said:
these are training exorcises that could help save soldiers lives. human lives>animal suffering
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+1

I'm not a fan of animal torturing. However, when faced with the question of animal suffering or human death, it's a pretty easy answer for me: save the lives of humans (and in this case, the precious lives of soldiers who are serving their country).
 
#34
69nites said:
how is real life training on how to treat real battle wounds "just plain wrong"?

I suppose you could suggest another way of soldiers learning how to dress real battle field wounds?
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I'm not saying real life training to treat battle wounds is wrong. I'm saying I think taking a pig and shooting it for the purpose of injuring it, then (I'm assuming) trying to keep it alive is wrong. I have no better suggestion as how to do it, and I don't need one to say that I think the proposed idea is wrong.
 
#40
ROON said:
I'm cool with them using pigs for training, as long as there were bi-products coming out of it as well. I mean surely they can't shoot a pig, operate on it, then if it dies just dispose of the carcass? Plenty of good meat/leather on there, may as well use it.
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they don't operate on it, they treat it in a simulated battleground situation.

There was also no mention as to what they were doing with the carcasses afterwards. Personally I think they probably eat them.

Also you could consider gun wound treatment experience as a bi-product.
 

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