Army post (Ft. Carson) to deliberately injure animals -experiment

[Southsideirish]

http://www.click2houston.com/news/3714265/detail.html

They are raising a herd of goats to later this month deliberately injure so they can experiment treating their wounds and injuries.

There is a phony question in their poll re: saving life of a soldier. No proof this will happen. Reminds me of the time the major Detroit car manufacturers used live animals for test crash experiments a few years ago.

There has to be a better way, folks. Why bring suffering to God's poor innocent creatures - what did they do to get involved in this sick "war on terror?" There are non-bloody alternatives involving electrodes but they seem almost as sickening to me.

I know you hawks will flame me but this is just one simple instance of unnecessary cruelty and violence in this world. And its preventable.

[swag]

1. Hey, that's Bill Frist's job!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

2. Bring them to Rio

Plenty of bullet wound victims. We could use the help.

But NOOOOOOOO, can't risk helping dark-skinned people, now, can we?

[commander bunnypants]

3. I kinda think it is a neccasary evil

in the usn the IDT corpsman learned about wounds that way. It is sad though i know

DDQM

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. See post #2 (nt)

[MadHound]

6. Sorry friend, but you are wrong on so many counts

First of all, technology has come a long way since the days of yore, when one needed to practice on a live animal. There are many synthetics that mimic the reaction of human flesh and bone. Also, working on an animal is foolish, because they aren't human, and don't react like a human. Body shape is different, organ placement is different, reaction to treatments is different.

Sorry, but this is just justification for sadism.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

4. It gets worse:

From article: "After the animals are treated by Army medics, they will be killed and cremated."

I hope they don't forget to scrap that part of the training when they're in the battlefield.

[DrWeird]

7. Necessary evil.

The concept that you can test this kind of thing on computers is false.

There's really no other way.

People eat goats. I see no reason why they shouldn't be used for an even better purpose.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

8. Again: see post #2 (nt)

[DrWeird]

10. I saw it. Sounds like the Tuskegee Experiment.

It's no good. It's not a controlled experiment. And it could withhold vital, life-saving treatments of human beings in favor of experimental and far riskier procedures, and without the patients consent.

Kind of sad that you even suggested it.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

11. Experimental procedures? The article doesn't suggest that.

More like plain old emergency treatment, of the kind one sees at the ERs of hospitals in violent neighborhoods.

Edit: double-checked. Confirmed, the article says "exercise" and "training", not "experiment".

[DrWeird]

12. Sorry, read the OP, not the article.

That is disturbing.

[RebelOne]

9. Oh boy, I am going to notify my animal rights and rescue

groups about this. This little experiment may not happen.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

13. Kick (nt)