July 2005
After learning that students at the Todd Beamer High School in Federal Way, Washington, had swallowed goldfish during a pep rally, we wrote to the superintendent of schools who subsequently agreed that such displays are unacceptable and instructed his staff to tell all school principals that this type of activity is never appropriate and should never occur in district schools.
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“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
