Coast Guard suspends use of injured animals to train medics

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 7:20 pm, Thursday, April 27, 2017


NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — U.S. Coast Guard medics have stopped using military contractors who intentionally injure sedated animals so that medics can practice treating combat wounds.

Spokeswoman Lisa Novak said in a phone interview Thursday that the practice was suspended in January. A working group will decide if the training will continue.

The so-called "live tissue training" involved anesthetized goats.

Novak said she didn't know what led to the suspension. In 2012, activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, released a video of a goat's legs being removed with tree trimmers during what it said was Coast Guard training.

Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, a California Democrat, wrote in The Hill newspaper on Thursday that she had raised concerns with the Coast Guard. She said most Americans are against the practice.



Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Coast-Guard-suspends-use-of-injured-animals-to-11104662.php

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[IronLionZion]

1. WTF?

go to any urban ER and see lots of patients with traumatic wounds

A legless goat is supposed to be accurate training?

[Rural_Progressive]

2. That's not how they trained us back in the 70s

When I went through my Corpsman training we were still training the the Navy. They were training some of their Corpsman to go with the Marines to VietNam and they didn't do anything like that. We got to some pretty nasty things to each other but no live animals.

What the bleep is going on with everything?