PETA Donations Help Baltimore, Maryland, Schools Drop Animal Dissection

June 2013

Following its success in getting Baltimore City Public Schools to adopt a progressive student dissection-choice policy, PETA helped several schools end animal dissection altogether. After seeing firsthand all the benefits of non-animal teaching methods for science classes, a number of teachers decided to replace animal dissection completely and were able to do so after PETA donated virtual dissection software to help them make the switch.

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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