I'm absolutely incensed !!!!!!!

[Pommie]

I have 2 cousins serving in Afgan. If a few shot pigs save their lives or their colleagues give me the rifle I ll shoot them myself.

[Andy Collins]

I'm sure it's not ideal, but I know that if my son or daughter is lying there with limbs shot off, or blown away, I'd be grateful to that pig for furthering the surgeons skills. Pigs are used as they are the closest to human flesh to work with, and live flesh reacts differently to dead flesh.

[Tom D]

I really don't see a problem, how many tonnes of pork do we eat in the uk every day? I'll bet its a lot. The advances in medica trauma technology that have cone through since the war in afganistan have been significant and are now being used in A&E depts up and down the country. ( a friend and neighbour of ours is a doctor in the marines )

 

Something good coming out of something bad.....

[Mortimer Firewood]

Can not see a problem with this a few pigs to help save our solders its a small price to pay.

[Rich2484]

Wounder if they then test the effects of napalm after the pig has gone so they can get just the right amount of crispness on the crackling.?

[born2trot]

Cant believe there really is no other way to get serious trauma training , i've been known to be wrong though

[Mike Hill]

Wounder if they then test the effects of napalm after the pig has gone so they can get just the right amount of crispness on the crackling.?

 

No,thats just silly.

 

The crackling effect comes from the Aviation Fuel that burns the pigs after the Helicopter they are flying is shot down in a Surface to Air Missile test.

[High Scale]

It must cost a fortune to train pigs to fly a helicopter? I am outraged that taxpayers have to pay for the pigs flight training only to have them shot down by SAM missiles, I suppose we the tax payers have to pay for the missiles as well????

[Johny Walker]

dont have a prob with it, needs must,wen were short of pigs they can start on the prison stock,that should keep em going for awhile

[Pat Ferrett]

Its definately a good way for the medics to get experience with Ham-grande injuries or maybe even lamb-mines, more than likely our lads could get caught up in hambushes so imo its essential and really could save someones bacon