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The article about it is here (and my comment, posted at the article, follows below the website address):

http://www.zootoo.com


My comment will doubtless get me ostracized, but after many years of study, the best way to prevent war injuries is to ... put the leaders of the countries that don't agree about whatever, in a room with their choice of weapons (including paper and pencil, microphone, leaky water faucet, etc.) and tell them not to come out until they've fixed whatever it is about which they do not agree.

War is economic. One country's leaders want something the other country has (oil? gold? water?) and go to war in order to acquire that item.

Admiring the courage of soldiers is not synonymous with liking war.

I'd like to see no pigs killed/maimed, and no soldiers, either.

Make war illegal and then fine the daylights out of any country that dares make war.

War does not make peace. It destroys people, cities, farms, culture, and leaves in its wake maimed bodies and minds and untold collateral damage.

There are other ways to fight for freedom than fighter planes and tanks. There's the power of conversation, which should honor the cultures of others without seeking to conquer those cultures. I'm not talking about crimes toward women and children that happen in all countries. I'm simply saying that "democracy" is not the only answer and that our own country is being overwhelmed from within and diluted to a point where our own knowledge of who we are and what we stand for has been pretty thoroughly trounced. This is not a forum for such things, so please accept my apologies for having gotten a bit off-track, but no one should be maimed just for 'practice.' No one wants animals harmed during testing for things like cosmetics and chemicals. The article said that the animals do not survive "the exercise." This sickens me. Who's to know how humane such injuries are when the test subject is anesthetized? The test subject certainly cannot tell.

Well it worked as the story came out.....great job!!

That is awful.

Please excuse my typo's. I guess I was so obsessed with THEY that every time I tried to type THE it came out THEY. :)

Oh my gosh. I haven't heard about this, but I guess it shouldn't surprise me...it sounds so typical. I completely agree with your thoughts about being ill prepared beforehand. I can't believe there's no other way to train them!

I read this and my first thought was... why don't they shoot each other and leave the pigs alone?