URGENT: Please vote against Army plan to shoot live pigs for medical drill

[Guest guest]

URGENT: Please vote

against Army plan to shoot live pigs for medical drill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time-sensitive: Please

vote in AOL’s poll about whether shooting animals for military medical

practice is justified.

 

The military plans to

shoot live animals to provide wound-care practice for medics, despite the fact

that there is much better training available in clinics and with simulators. It

is cruel to animals and to people to provide this sort of crude

“training” exercise. But so far, the vote is not going our way.

Please vote and pass this along to others your know.

 

http://news.aol.com/article/army-to-shoot-live-pigs-for-medical/88940?icid=200100397x1206026931x1200281510

 

 

[Guest guest]

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, Claudia Delman wrote:

 

> URGENT: Please vote against Army plan to shoot live pigs for

> medical drill

>

> Time-sensitive: Please vote in AOL's poll about whether shooting

> animals for military medical practice is justified.

>

I think we can all agree that the Army plan is abhorrent. But how,

exactly, will a vote in an AOL poll have an impact on that decision

or advance any of our goals?

 

--

David Benfell <dbenfell

[Guest guest]

Following is a message from Claudia Delman from PCRM informing everyone

of the army's proposal and the appropriate compassionate alternative

response

 

Time-sensitive: Please vote in AOL's poll about whether shooting

animals for military medical practice is justified.

 

The military plans to shoot live animals to provide wound-care practice

for medics, despite the fact that there is much better training

available in clinics and with simulators. It is cruel to animals and to

people to provide this sort of crude " training " exercise. But so far,

the vote is not going our way. Please vote and pass this along to

others your know.

 

http://news.aol.com/article/army-to-shoot-live-pigs-for-medical/88940?

icid=200100397x1206026931x1200281510

[Guest guest]

Hi all,In response to Claudia's email, there are a few other links I have found that are worth checking out:Please take five minutes to write a letter by following the link below:

http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/army_shoots_pigs

Also, the military seem to be testing torture techniques on dogs - maybe you want to write a letter about that too?http://www.peta.org/feat/military/

Here's an article summarizing all the ethical

killing improvements made in slaughter factories due to USDA

requirements - it seems pretty basic that if we are spending millions

to ensure that the animals we eat are not in distress when they are

slaughtered, that it shouldn't be lawful to cause untold trauma and

distress for " practice. "

http://204.200.219.26/welfare/improve.slaughter.plants.htmlAnd here is a little glimpse into animal cognition

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/308650.htmlOn Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Claudia Delman <cdelman wrote:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

URGENT: Please vote

against Army plan to shoot live pigs for medical drill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time-sensitive: Please

vote in AOL's poll about whether shooting animals for military medical

practice is justified.

 

The military plans to

shoot live animals to provide wound-care practice for medics, despite the fact

that there is much better training available in clinics and with simulators. It

is cruel to animals and to people to provide this sort of crude

"training" exercise. But so far, the vote is not going our way.

Please vote and pass this along to others your know.

 

http://news.aol.com/article/army-to-shoot-live-pigs-for-medical/88940?icid=200100397x1206026931x1200281510

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-- M. Mello " I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights, for that is the way of the whole human being. " -- Abraham Lincoln