Navy Medicine Still Trains Medics on Live Animals; Veterans Want It to Stop
Pigs provide effective practice for teaching how to care for those wounded in combat, according to Defense Department.
Source: military.com
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Naval Medical Center Portsmouth still trains medics on live animals; veterans and activists want it to stop
Live tissue training involves sedating an animal and inflicting wounds that are then treated and then humanely putting down the animal before it wakes up, according to medical journal documents.
Source: stripes.com