Save Wilbur!
Oh George, not the livestock…
This made me throw up in my mouth a little bit...
Army to shoot live pigs for medical drill
By JAYMES SONG • ASSOCIATED PRESS • July 18, 2008
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 Animal-rights activists call the training cruel and outdated.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 today at Schofield Barracks for soldiers headed to Iraq.
Maj. Derrick Cheng, spokesman for the 25th Infantry Division, said the training is being conducted under a U.S. Department of Agriculture license and the careful supervision of veterinarians and a military Animal Care and Use Committee.
"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"Shooting and maiming pigs is outdated as Civil War rifles," said Kathy Guillermo, director of PETA's Laboratory Investigations Department.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.
Go back to the alleged "distraught" soldier. OK, he is in the military and heading to Iraq where he will likely have to shoot people, and he is supposedly distraught over shooting a pig? Who wants that guy watching your back in a firefight. No covering fire, I might hit a songbird and how could I live with myself!?
Of course PETA would probably be a lot happier if they got some people instead, especially if they were homely or poor, and practiced gunshot wound treatment of them. Heck, use old people they aren't much use anyway. A bit over the top but it captures the mindset of animal rights extremists. Given the choice, I would let them shoot a thousand pigs if it helps save one of our servicemen in the field. Perfect example of Romans 1, worshipping the creation instead of the Creator. Plus it is just plain silly. Sausage for breakfast tomorrow!
Stop swinesploitation!
(When they get done patching up the pig, I wonder if they pat them on the head and say "That'll do pig, that'll do")
Oh George, not the livestock…
This made me throw up in my mouth a little bit...
Army to shoot live pigs for medical drill
By JAYMES SONG • ASSOCIATED PRESS • July 18, 2008
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 today at Schofield Barracks for soldiers headed to Iraq.
Maj. Derrick Cheng, spokesman for the 25th Infantry Division, said the training is being conducted under a U.S. Department of Agriculture license and the careful supervision of veterinarians and a military Animal Care and Use Committee.
"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.
Go back to the alleged "distraught" soldier. OK, he is in the military and heading to Iraq where he will likely have to shoot people, and he is supposedly distraught over shooting a pig? Who wants that guy watching your back in a firefight. No covering fire, I might hit a songbird and how could I live with myself!?
Of course PETA would probably be a lot happier if they got some people instead, especially if they were homely or poor, and practiced gunshot wound treatment of them. Heck, use old people they aren't much use anyway. A bit over the top but it captures the mindset of animal rights extremists. Given the choice, I would let them shoot a thousand pigs if it helps save one of our servicemen in the field. Perfect example of Romans 1, worshipping the creation instead of the Creator. Plus it is just plain silly. Sausage for breakfast tomorrow!
Stop swinesploitation!
(When they get done patching up the pig, I wonder if they pat them on the head and say "That'll do pig, that'll do")
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