The Pentagon plans to halt the use of live animals in a variety of medical training programs, according to internal documents, putting it on a path to join the civilian medical community and most Western militaries, which have already banned such practices. John Pawlowski, assistant professor of anaesthesia at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is quoted.
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