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Old 07-29-2008, 07:48 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: PETA wants military to stop using animals in medical training

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Originally Posted by RedGlitter View Post
PETA noted the Department of Defense's animal welfare policy that states, "Alternative methods to the use of animals must be considered and used if such alternatives produce scientifically valid or equivalent results to attain the research, education, training, and testing objectives."
What's the equivalent to pinning down a crazed 200 pound mammal that's spurting blood over your hands while you're trying to clamp severed arteries and get a field dressing established before it dies on you? I can't see any likely alternative to that at all. Lives are dependent on the average GI knowing beforehand what it takes.

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