British army ‘shot live pigs’ and then used them as dummy casualties for surgeons, claim animal rights campaigners

By David Raven

Animal rights group want EU to investigate Danish facility where animals are used as mock war wounded for ‘trauma training’ by doctors and medics.

The British army has been accused of ‘cruelly’ shooting live pigs while training up new surgeons.

Campaign group PETA said the military practice involves “shooting, stabbing and breaking the bones” of animals …

Mirror.co.uk – 23 Aug 2013 18:27
www.mirror.co.uk/news/british-…

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UK Military Accused Of Killing Animals In Training Exercises

By Charlotte Meredith

Animal rights campaigners have urged the EU to investigate the British military’s “cruel” use of live animals in battlefield surgery training exercises.

PETA have said the training involves the “shooting, stabbing and breaking the bones of live pigs and other animals.“ (secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?…) …

Huffington Post UK – 23/08/2013 13:58 BST
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/…

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Platini urged to end animal slaughter

Animal rights campaign group PETA has appealed to UEFA president Michel Platini to ban the ritual slaughter of animals in European football …

SBS – 23 August 2013
theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1…

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How Economics Can Save the Whales

By Evan Soltas

Strong consensus on policy still eludes most branches of economics. How can poor countries best achieve rapid sustainable growth, for instance? That’s probably the most important question in all of economics. Development economists have “very little clue,” according to Lane Kenworthy, a leading scholar in the field and professor at the University of Arizona. But there’s an interesting exception. Without attracting much notice, one branch of the discipline has made a lot of progress in devising polices that command consensus: environmental economics …

Bloomberg – Aug 22, 2013 10:34 PM
www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08…

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