Bump to an older thread with an update .....Simian Turner said:Quick clot and its competitors work best with real flowing blood, pigs and goats are better to practise on than a screaming live human ....
On average, soldiers on Fort Bragg slaughter 300 goats a month for medical trauma training meant to help save lives in battle.
Animal activists say the animals are shot, stabbed, bludgeoned and blown up to simulate the types of injuries soldiers face.
For three decades, the activists have tried to end the practice. Their efforts appear to have finally paid off.
The 2013 National Defense Authorization Act, signed into law this month, requires the Department of Defense to provide Congress with a strategy and detailed timeline by March for the replacement of animals for medical training.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which applauds the move, said Fort Bragg training accounts for about a third of the animal deaths caused by the military each year ....
Close - it's PETA's VP who's diabetic - and here's how she reportedly defends using insulin:Pandora114 said:.... Ingrid Newkirk, the president and founder of PETA is diabetic, and she uses insulin derived from swine pancreas ....
“I’m an insulin-dependent diabetic. Twice a day I take synthetically manufactured insulin that still contains some animal products — and I have no qualms about it… I’m not going to take the chance of killing myself by not taking insulin. I don’t see myself as a hypocrite. I need my life to fight for the rights of animals.”
This part is still correct ....Pandora114 said:So..round 1 of "Who's the biggest hypocrite" goes to...
Kat Stevens said:Except that the medics would have to save them.
I've been involved with this type of training in the past; depending on the school, it could also be a goat BBQ. :nod:Pandora114 said:...... for a cook off. See who makes the best Pork product.
Journeyman said:I've been involved with this type of training in the past; depending on the school, it could also be a goat BBQ. :nod:
Yep. Drop your boiling-bag into the pressure cooker with everyone elses.Pandora114 said:Clerks are allowed to cook too right?
Journeyman said:Yep. Drop your boiling-bag into the pressure cooker with everyone elses.
Not at (at least) Fort Bragg anymore ....Journeyman said:I've been involved with this type of training in the past; depending on the school, it could also be a goat BBQ. :nod:
Pandora114 said:Never had goat before. I think I can dig up a recipe for a Moroccan goat stew...