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Marines Still Using Pigs for Medical Training

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The Marines also claim that using live pigs and inflicting wounds on them is the only way to approximate real-life situations in combat. It's the best way to train medical personnel. They claim the animals are asleep during the procedures and feel no pain. Read and decide for yourself.

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Coast Guard Defends Medical Practice on Animals

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I knew the military in general used animals for combat medical practice.hadn't thought of the Coast Guard though. Live anesthetized goats have been used in Coast Guard training to treat combat wounds, but the agency could not verify if the video involved its personnel. PETA leads the charge against the Coast Guard.

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Debbie Souza-Pappas: Our Trapped Golden Eagle

10,000 Birds

The wound was also very contaminated with dirt and debris. Though he had little orthopedic training, the Soviet Union’s Dr. Gavril Ilizarov was sent to care for injured Russian soldiers in Siberia in the 1950s, and invented the external fixator as a way to repair misaligned fractures and stabilize bones post-surgery.

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Service Members Get a Second Chance with Service Dogs

4 The Love Of Animals

The DDF will be raising $20,000 for the training and care of a service dog (including medical bills, training and food) which will be donated to one lucky war vet from the FSD group. FSD rescues dogs from shelters and custom trains each dog to assist a person with a disability.

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How a Farrier can treat a horse with club foot

4 The Love Of Animals

Many organizations exist throughout the United Kingdom to assist farriers and people desiring to be farriers to become registered and remain well educated through classes, training and competitions. Chronic pain in horses can develop from other conditions such as osteochondrosis, degenerative joint disease, or from wounds and infection.

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On Flourless Cakes and Injuries

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I wasn't there and my husband isn't great in a crisis--he stands, mouth agape, completely frozen, and watches whatever train wreck is occurring rather than jumping in to try to help. What we couldn't see until her leg was shaved was that next to the deep wound is a large bloody bump of a wound. And so we ended up with this--.

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