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Coast Guard Defends Medical Practice on Animals

Critter News

The Coast Guard is defending its practice of using live animals in its combat medical training after an activist group released a video on Wednesday of a goat’s legs being removed with tree trimmers during what it said was training for agency personnel. The courses do involve “live tissue training using live animals,” Lt.

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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

10,000 Birds

Yes, of course it is too bad that so many animals (most often rats, mice and rabbits) have to be killed. there is actually a group dedicated to saving lobsters!), but for animal rights groups to claim to be dedicated to animal welfare and practically ignore the most serious issues wildlife face is blatantly hypocritical.