The Army Is Spending Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars On Pigs In Hawaii… Over the years the military in Hawaii has used pigs for medical research and controversial combat training.
The U.S. military is one of the top spenders in Hawaii’s economy, and sometimes its cash ends up in unexpected places — including Hawaii pig farms.
Since 2016, the Army has spent approximately $65,400 on contracts for “live animals, not raised for food.” The locally grown Hawaii hogs are for medical research and training health care providers at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu.
“Research is accomplished to better understand ways to address medical issues and disease processes,” Tripler spokeswoman Kayla Overton said in an email. “Pigs are used to help physicians understand and appropriately incorporate the latest technologies and techniques before first attempting these advances on human patients.”
