LETS STOP THIS NOW !High School Curriculum to Include Chicken Slaughter?

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(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.

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


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