US Military to Stop Shooting Pigs and Goats as a Way to Train Medics for the Battlefield

US Military to Stop Shooting Pigs and Goats as a Way to Train Medics for the Battlefield

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military will stop its practice of shooting pigs and goats to help prepare medics for treating wounded troops in a combat zone, ending an exercise made obsolete by simulators that mimic battlefield injuries. The prohibition on “live fire” training that includes animals is part of this year’s annual defense bill, […]