University of Delaware Drops Cruel Art Exhibit

July 2004

After receiving a letter from PETA voicing our objections to an art display that involved dragging a rooster and chickens across the university lawn, the head of the University of Delaware’s art department called to tell us that the display had been canceled.

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 Ingrid E. Newkirk

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