San Diego State University Group Stops Giving Live Animals as Prizes

April 2012

We contacted a religious group at San Diego State University in San Diego, Calif., after learning that it was giving away live fish as prizes at its meetings. In response, the group compassionately agreed to draft a policy that will ban all live-animal giveaways!

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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