Victory! Oakton Community College Cuts Out Cruelty November 6, 2009
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When PETA was contacted by a compassionate student at Oakton Community College nine months ago and they told us horror stories about students in anatomy and physiology classes cutting open live rats and mudpuppies (no relation to sea kittens), we jumped into action. We reminded the administration that using live animals is both cruel and ineffective for teaching, especially when so many scientific non-animal alternatives are widely available.
Well, our e-mails and petitions have paid off, because this week OCC confirmed that they would stop the use of ALL live animals in the classroom! As a result of OCC's decision, countless animals, like the happy character you see below, will be spared a lifetime of misery and a needless death under a student's scalpel.
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Of course, not all schools are as progressive as OCC. Some colleges are still stuck in the stone age (*cough* ASU *cough*)—despite pleas from students to join the 21st century. Don't they know—biology is supposed to be the study of life, not death?
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Michelle, that animal is an Axolotl. There's an article about them on Wikipedia. So cute!
Posted by: Emily at November 9, 2009 10:57 PMPost a comment
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That's a cute little animal in the picture, but what is it?
Posted by: Michelle at November 6, 2009 8:38 PM