Moose Tormented to Death by Students

im just a stickler for an eye for an eye if we started punishing people the exact same way they commited the crime it might get some clear messages accross i am an avid animal lover and i cant stand the fact that some 8th graders tortured a moose to the point that it commited suicide are you serious i think the kids need to be expelled and put into jail all of your mass murderers started with animals and eventually started murdering people if there is no punishment done then that shows them and everyone else that its ok to torture and kill an innocent animal stuff like this makes me sick

Thanks to all for posting on the Frontiersman newspaper site about this outrage. It has come out that two boys were involved. Apparently other students were bystanders who cried tried to get help laughed or were running laps and unaware of what was going on. Apparently the school kept things hushed for legal and contractural reasons in part but none of this was released in the papers. The school spokesperson gave next to no information only enough to set off a storm and the local authorities stayed mum for several days and that stoked the fires as well. Then the school had the nerve to say they needed security against the public as if the public had been to blame for this sad incident. If there were any threats against the students I have not seen any yet and I read all the 400 plus comments in the Frontiersman. After the authorities finally issued a statement to the press the story was all turned around. According to the report the moose meat was not only immediately butchered and given to charity but the moose was weak and lying down and the moose was thin and sickly and already injured from a tough winter. It was as though the authorities were saying it was nothing to worry about because the moose was weak suffering starving and I believe they as much as said it was going to die anyway so no problem. However if the boys did not cause the moose death as the fish and game man and the local authorities finally claimed why were they disciplined by the school at all? Many students claim there were no teachers on the field at all and the boys used sticks to poke the yearling moose and threw big rocks at it. The authorities also explained that over 200 middle school students all around 12 and 13 years old were let out on the field at the same time for physical education and when the boys crowded the frightened animal the moose mistook the other students on the field as an extension of the threat it then felt. So the young yearling moose then panicked and tried to run away and accidentally ran into a chain link fence not understanding it would not give way and allow its escape and then died. By all accounts it seems evident that if the boys had left the young moose alone it might have died someday but it would not have likely died that day and certainly not in that way. But the authorities do not care to follow up and the school is keeping quiet. And since the animal has since been slaughtered and eaten by now there is no way for any higher legal authority to investigate. One can only hope the boys get some appropriate counseling and the other students will be safe in the future in such an environment where teachers seem to feel the students are capable of adult judgment and do not need closer supervision. A school official had the nerve to contact the newspaper editor and ask him to stop printing the letters about this. Does that not beat all?

This story is truly sad but what is also disturbing is how these children are being treated and portrayed as well. You do not solve violence and ignorance with more violence and ignorance. What these children which is exactly what they are did showed total lack in judgement compassion andor a willingness to take a stand. That is what needs to be taught among children nowadays. They don't need to be called names... Public schools need more funding and better trained teachers and staff in order to prevent unfortunate incidents like this from happening! I hope that this school and many others take PETA up on the offer!

How terrible! Where was the supervision?! Not only should PETA implement a program but those kids should be made to also go speak to their peers about the ethical treatment of animals!

A similar incident happened in Rome New York except the boys involved tortured a goose until it died. Criminal charges were brought due to the public outcry. How can we follow up on this story and make certain that the school principal institutes corrective action? Should we write letters? PETA..let us know how we can help!!!