September 2012
Following a request from PETA, Washington, D.C., Public Schools adopted a progressive dissection-choice policy that allows compassionate students to opt out of cruel classroom animal dissection and to learn using modern computer software and other humane methods instead. Washington, D.C., joins many districts around the country and 15 states—including neighboring Virginia—that already have similar policies.
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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?”
— Ingrid Newkirk, PETA Founder and co-author of Animalkind
