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US military to stop shooting pigs and goats as a way to train medics for the battlefield
The U.S. military ends live-fire animal training for medics, adopting advanced simulators after legislation and GAO reports urged humane, modern methods.
- This year, the U.S. military will stop shooting pigs and goats to prepare military medics and corpsmen for combat care, a ban included in this year's annual defense bill and championed by Rep. Vern Buchanan, Florida Republican.
- Advocates and experts argue simulators and 'cut suits' better mimic injured humans, while Rep. Vern Buchanan, Florida Republican, and the Government Accountability Office urged shifting to human-relevant training this year.
- Medical critics noted anesthetized animals used in training resemble human organs but do little to prepare medics for treating awake, bleeding comrades in realistic scenarios.
- The Pentagon referred comment to the Defense Health Agency, which is reviewing the new ban, while Buchanan's office said some training using stabbing and 'weapon wounding' on animals will continue.
- GAO and earlier statutes record that past defense legislation required transitioning to human-based simulation methods, but uncertainty about frequency of animal use leaves questions about the change's overall scope.
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The US military is ending the practice of using animals, most commonly pigs and goats, to train medical personnel to treat wounded soldiers in war zones, ending exercises that have been rendered obsolete by advanced simulators.
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U.S. military to stop shooting pigs and goats as a way to train medics for the battlefield
Mr. Buchanan's office said the Defence Department will continue to allow training that involves stabbing, burning and using blunt instruments on animals, while also allowing “weapon wounding," which is when the military tests weapons on animals
·India
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US military to stop shooting pigs and goats as a way to train medics for the battlefield
The U.S. military will end its practice of shooting pigs and goats to help prepare medics for treating wounded troops in a combat zone.
·United States
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