Idaho High School Drops Deadly Fish Experiments

December 2010

After being contacted by a student’s concerned family member regarding a high school’s plans to freeze live fish in classroom experiments to see if the animals would “reanimate” upon thawing, PETA immediately contacted the school district and took the matter all the way to the superintendent. The superintendent agreed to stop the planned experiments, saving these fish from a painful death.

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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