Military and law enforcement training uses live anesthetized pigs to practice emergency medical procedures. Pro: Nothing can replicate the complexities of working with live tissue. Con: Simulators are ...

KENT, WA -- There are few more "snorts" at a dog training class. Amy the pig has joined the class at the Family Dog Training Center near Seattle. The dog barking has turned to stares and confusion as ...

A nonprofit trying to stop MeritCare from using live pigs in its trauma training plans to ask North Dakota State University to stop approving the practice. The Institutional Animal Care and Use ...

A nonprofit animal rights and medical ethics organization is suing the Defense Department for refusing to disclose details on its use of pigs and goats for medical training at four major military ...

CINCINNATI -- It is hard to imagine because the weather is more conducive to ice fishing than running, but we are four months away from the 19 th Annual Flying Pig Marathon. The race is part of the ...