[Eric]

Originally Posted by gpick24

According to here - Ministry of Defence defends shooting pigs for medical training at Nato's training facilities in Jaegerspris, Denmark | Metro News - it`s not illegal. "The MoD argued that although the practice would not be illegal in the UK, approval would have to be obtained on a case-by-case basis from the Home Office."
So why go to Denmark? From the link in original post - "by participating in the Danish-led exercises twice a year rather than conducting our own, we minimise the overall number of animals used.”

Now ... that makes some sense ...

But there's another question: Why, if the practice has advantages, is it not part of the training of civilian doctors? There is certainly no shortage of beat up bodies from motor vehicle accidents ... not to mention terrorist attacks.