Whistleblower: Alvord Teacher Reportedly Feeds Live Kitten to Snake in Front of Students; PETA Calls for Investigation, Ban on Animals in Classrooms

For Immediate Release:
September 23, 2025

Contact:
Sara Groves 202-483-7382

Alvord, Texas –

After receiving a complaint alleging an Alvord teacher fed a one-week-old kitten to a snake in her classroom of 15- to 17-year-old students, PETA today sent an urgent letter to Alvord Independent School District Superintendent Randy Brown, urging him to immediately ban the use of live animals from classrooms in the district and investigate the teacher’s alleged conduct. PETA has also contacted Wise County Animal Control, urging a criminal investigation—if the reports are true, the teacher’s actions would likely violate Texas cruelty-to-animals laws. The complainant is available for interviews.

According to the complaint, the educator brought in four kittens who were born to her own cat. After the teacher fed one of the kittens to the snake, an upset student took home the other three kittens and bottle-fed them in an attempt to save their lives, but all three died. Reportedly, the teacher claimed to have another pregnant cat at home and taunted the student, saying, “You can’t save them all,” and said that she is also feeding kittens to snakes at her home.

*Photo: Two of the four kittens reportedly brought to the school to be fed to a snake. Credit: PETA*

“If reports are true, an educator who should be teaching her students empathy and respect for others is instead tearing newborn kittens from their mother and subjecting them to a painful, terrifying death in front of shocked and traumatized teenagers,” says PETA Vice President Rachelle Owen. “Anyone who would demonstrate such cruel and disturbing behavior shouldn’t be around children or animals, and PETA is calling for an immediate investigation and a ban on live animals in all Alvord classrooms.”

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow PETA on X, Facebook, or Instagram.