New Hampshire Allows Students to Opt Out of Animal Dissection

March 2014

Following discussions with PETA, the New Hampshire State Board of Education adopted a progressive dissection-choice policy that allows compassionate students throughout the state to opt out of animal dissection and be provided with modern computer simulations and other humane methods instead. PETA provided the state with an extensive list of free and for-pay non-animal teaching resources and has offered to help teachers identify and obtain the most effective alternatives to dissection.

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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