San Diego County says medical training on pigs can continue

Friday, March 16, 2012 - 01:01 in Mathematics & Economics

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals protested to officials that a property owner in eastern San Diego County was allowing a contractor to use pigs on his land in training Marine and Navy corpsmen.A property owner in rural eastern San Diego County can continue allowing a private contractor to use pigs for "live tissue" training to help teach Marines and Navy corpsmen how to treat combat wounds, county land use officials have ruled.

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