Do you think wounding animals and using them in trauma training is ethical?

I think that if the PETA people don't like the military using animals, then we should give them a gun and send them to Iraq!. Let them defend their right to voice their opinions. Also, are they eating meat? All those holyier than thou hypocrites need to think who made it possible for them to be able to stand up and voice their opinions without being PUT TO DEATH OR TORTURED! Think people! Either use the animals for helping human kind or be foreced to use humans, which do you want?

as a former Marine i say we use the people from peta for the training!!! this would solve both problems. we need test subjects, and they don't want us to use animals. we both win. and i do belong to peta-people eating tasty animals.

I think if using an animal for training saves the lives of Marines, then I'm all for it. Our Marines need to be prepared when faced with a situation where a medic might not be available. This is life saving training and it's more important to be able to bring home a Marine that is alive because of this training than to save a life of an animal. These animals are sedated and used in an ethical manner. The surgeries are performed on these animals and the Marines try to save these animals lives. There is no torture involved. PETA needs to put the lives of our Marines above the lives of animals.