High School Cancels ‘Donkey Basketball’ Game!

November 2012

After learning that a Michigan high school had scheduled a cruel “donkey basketball” event, we shared our concerns with administrators. With the help of a student—who started a petition and a Facebook page and met with organizers—the superintendent and principal compassionately agreed to cancel the game and replace it with a humane alternative.

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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