Elementary School Drops Inhumane Cow Demonstrations for Kids

June 2012

After discussions with PETA, a Nebraska elementary school pledged to stop participating in an inhumane show-and-tell activity offered by the beef industry in which young children stick their hands inside a large hole cut into the abdomen of a living cow who is trucked from school to school in a trailer.

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 Ingrid E. Newkirk

“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?” READ MORE

— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind