High School Curriculum to Include Chicken Slaughter?
LETS STOP THIS NOW !High School Curriculum to Include Chicken Slaughter?
ISSUE:
(Ontario County, NY) Due to vocal supporters of the high school%u2019s previously banned hands-on chicken slaughter project, the Canadaigua Academy is now considering reversing its earlier decision to eliminate the project. The project, which had been part of the school%u2019s curriculum for the last 3 years, was canceled earlier this spring following a public outpouring of objections. The ecology class project had students raising chicks in pens and ultimately slaughtering, plucking, gutting, and barbecuing them. While the supervising teacher argued that the class serves to "educate people to the true cost of today%u2019s diet," the inherent violence of the meat industry does not justify its reenactment in our classrooms.
Recent News Story:
Canandaigua classroom chicken slaughter rethought
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, June 12, 2008
Related Links:
The Canandaigua Academy
The Canandaigua City School District
ACTION:
Since the Academy and School Board seem to be influenced by public opinion, please weigh in and let them know the world is watching. Polite letters may be sent to the addresses below, encouraging Principal Erdle and the School Board to follow through with their previous decision to cancel the project, thereby demanding compassion in their classrooms and adhering to their high standards.
Lynne Erdle, Principal
Canandaigua Academy
215 Granger Street
Canandaigua, NY 14424
Tarry Shipley, School Board President
Jeanie Grimm, School Board Vice-President
Canandaigua City School District
143 North Pearl Street
Canandaigua, NY 14424
Chickens are not usually protected by state anti-cruelty laws due to built-in exemptions such as those for 'traditional farm and animal husbandry practices.' Download a free copy of your state%u2019s laws here: Animal Protection Laws of the United States and Canada
more information : http://www.aldf.org/actionline/details.php?id=378
LETS STOP THIS NOW !High School Curriculum to Include Chicken Slaughter?
ISSUE:
(Ontario County, NY) Due to vocal supporters of the high school%u2019s previously banned hands-on chicken slaughter project, the Canadaigua Academy is now considering reversing its earlier decision to eliminate the project. The project, which had been part of the school%u2019s curriculum for the last 3 years, was canceled earlier this spring following a public outpouring of objections. The ecology class project had students raising chicks in pens and ultimately slaughtering, plucking, gutting, and barbecuing them. While the supervising teacher argued that the class serves to "educate people to the true cost of today%u2019s diet," the inherent violence of the meat industry does not justify its reenactment in our classrooms.
Recent News Story:
Canandaigua classroom chicken slaughter rethought
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, June 12, 2008
Related Links:
The Canandaigua Academy
The Canandaigua City School District
ACTION:
Since the Academy and School Board seem to be influenced by public opinion, please weigh in and let them know the world is watching. Polite letters may be sent to the addresses below, encouraging Principal Erdle and the School Board to follow through with their previous decision to cancel the project, thereby demanding compassion in their classrooms and adhering to their high standards.
Lynne Erdle, Principal
Canandaigua Academy
215 Granger Street
Canandaigua, NY 14424
Tarry Shipley, School Board President
Jeanie Grimm, School Board Vice-President
Canandaigua City School District
143 North Pearl Street
Canandaigua, NY 14424
Chickens are not usually protected by state anti-cruelty laws due to built-in exemptions such as those for 'traditional farm and animal husbandry practices.' Download a free copy of your state%u2019s laws here: Animal Protection Laws of the United States and Canada
more information : http://www.aldf.org/actionline/details.php?id=378
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12:26 pm PST, Nov 16,
Nicole Perrot, California
How about teaching children to commit murders on humans???? Are they insane? This is disgusting and wrong. |
I think this is disgusting and should be stopped immediately.
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2:11 pm PDT, Oct 31,
Barb Knight, North Carolina
I urge you, please remove the slaughtering of live baby chicks from your high school curriculum. It it so mean to have your students hand raise baby chicks only to make them slaughter them later. God did not create baby chicks to be slaughtered by high school students. |
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This is horrible and inhumane. It will teach the children that it's okay to hurt and kill other animals/people.
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6:20 pm PDT, Oct 1,
Susan Marden, Maine
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This is horrible and inhumane. It will teach the children that it's okay to hurt and kill other animals/people.
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12:07 pm PDT, Aug 26,
Emme Hones, New York
Why do you want to teach teens to kill other beings? What if they don't want to stop at chickens? What if they kill a cat, a dog or even a human? Do you want the blood of all those chickens and other crimes those teens may commit on your hands? I am a high schooler and I will NEVER particapate in any such thing! |
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5:46 am PDT, Aug 23,
Elmer Howard, Maine
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That is disgusting! Have you ever heard of other means of teaching, like pictures and video clips??? Nobody should "teach" children how to kill.
