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05-17-2013, 02:13 PM
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Medical group asks to end use of live animals for JBLM combat trauma training
A Tacoma doctor and a medical ethics advocacy group are petitioning the Defense Department to halt exercises at Joint Base Lewis-McChord this week and later this month that call on airmen to use live animals for training.
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine wants the Defense Department to move away from employing four-legged mammals for medical exercises and instead make more use of simulators that provide better training for doctors. The group sent its request to Air Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Thomas Travis this week. It’s asking the Air Force to nix the exercises on the grounds that they … Read more » More... 
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