Illinois High School Benches ‘Donkey Basketball’ Game

July 2006

When area residents contacted PETA about a “donkey basketball” game planned at Maine West High School in Des Plaines, Illinois, we wrote to the school’s principal educating her about the cruelty inherent to donkey basketball and asking that the game be replaced with a more humane event. Days before the game was scheduled to take place, PETA got word that it had been canceled!

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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