So the doctor trained U.S. troops suspended for macabre techniques?
Why on Earth would he ever let such people in the TARDIS?
I hope this isn’t true. I have been trained watching videos involving pigs and it was invaluable in teaching the force required to stop arterial bleeds by packing a wound above the accepted tourniquet points. Never had to use it for real, but it is an important skill set.
Hagmann has drawn fire from animal rights groups for years because he is a leading practitioner of "live-tissue training," which involves teaching students by using wounded live animals as patients.
Earlier today, PETA sent to U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter a summary of an undercover video it says it took during a 2013 training session by Hagmann's company. The group also asked the Pentagon to cease contracting with DMI. Goodman said the video depicts gratuitous violence against the wounded pigs, and racist and sexist jokes by course instructors.
Given the involvement of PETA in this "investigation", I would take any of the claims in this article with a HUGE grain of salt.
Members of PETA are not above infiltrating a group that uses animals and pretending to be researchers, slaughterhouse workers, caretakers, etc., and then abusing the animals on their own time while filming videos "exposing" the animal abuse that supposedly takes place at these facilities. One should never assume that a PETA allegation is true, and one should always suspect that their video "exposes" consist entirely of PETA moles who recorded themselves abusing animals.
Animals used for trauma/surgical training are knocked out with ketamine and never feel a thing. They are euthanized without ever being allowed to wake up, so truly are unaware of any procedures practiced on them. And, as a vet told me, when people train on live animals, they feel an urgency that is simply not present if they just practice on dummies. The training is far better and they remember the lessons learned.
And remember that PETA has a nasty habit of taking dogs and cats that they claim they will find homes for, and then murdering them as soon as the former owner is out of sight. They only bother looking for homes for less than 1% of the animals they take into their "shelters." They do NOT care about animals. They have an anti-human political agenda, and animals are their tools for pushing it.
