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U.S. military to shoot live pigs

July

This is disgusting. News outlets are reporting on the Army’s plans to shoot pigs and then treat their wounds as part of a medical trauma exercise to better prepare for treating wounded soldiers.

I’m flabbergasted this is allowed to happen in the U.S. Yes, the military needs to keep up with training, but not by shooting living things that feel pain in a very real way.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is, naturally, working hard to stop this before it happens today in Hawaii. I often find PETA’s tactics to be unhelpful and over the top, but in this case they are spot on, encouraging outraged animal enthusiasts to call the military en masse to protest this exercise.

I hope more rationale minds will prevail today. No animal should be used for something like this. If these military higher-ups want this training, they should volunteer to be shot instead.

This entry was posted on Friday, July 18th, 2008 at 12:49 pm by Sarah Netter.
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One Response to “U.S. military to shoot live pigs”

Import from China July 19th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Great info – keep up the great work.

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