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Stop the Animal Abuse!

Stop the Animal Abuse!

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Started by Anonymous 12 years, 8 months ago
In a student-run reptile museum, feeder rats are physically abused. They are not fed everyday of the week and are not killed humanely. Students throw them against walls, whack them against rails, smacked with large metal tweezers, frozen alive, twisting their heads and yanking on them to detach their spines, handled roughly, and are tortured by taking nonliving rats and rubbing them on the other live rats to frighten them. The teacher who runs this museum encourages the students to perform these acts. This needs to stop. Not only are they mistreated, but they live in horrible conditions. Their cage bins are coated with filth and dirt and have never been washed. The shelf the the bins sit in is covered in complete dust, which can cause respiratory infections. Kids are cruel and should not be in charge of running a museum with animals. The rats need to be treated with respect and handled properly. They may be bred to feed other animals, but they are the most loyal pets you'll ever have. Please help stop this horrible treatment towards these innocent animals! By signing your name, you are helping against this cruelty! Everyone's support is appreciated! These rats should be freed and given to loving families!

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Reached 250 supporters

November 11, 2013

November 9, 2013

Seeing the count climb toward 250 proves that so many of you care about these rats just as much as I do. Please post this link to your social media right now so we can hit this milestone before I submit our demands to the school board.

November 8, 2013

Seeing one hundred people stand up for these rats is overwhelming because I know how much they suffer in those cages every day. Thank you for helping me bring the truth of this abuse into the light.

Reached 100 supporters

November 6, 2013

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Emily Beattie
12 years ago Featured

"How can man expect to be saved by those above him when he cannot respect those below him?" Those animals were put into the care of humans since God created this earth, and they were not intended to be used for our sick pleasure and experiments. They are someONE, not someTHING. Animals meant to be eaten should be eaten, but they should be killed only in the same respect as you'd give another person.

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Dan Correia
12 years ago Featured

althought i agree with laboratory testing and i am a rat owner, this is disgusting. the teacher deserves to be fined heavily and any peers and students should be investigated and dealt with accordingly. thank you for bringing this to light. i feel i myself may have been too jaded to realize the circumstances these great little things maybe have been subject to in a scientific setting.

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Erin Yesutis
12 years ago Featured

This is so wrong. While I realize that that it's natural for snakes to eat rats, that in no way makes it ok to treat them like that. Nothing deserves to be treated like that. Also, children should not be in charge of that, nor should this be encouraged.

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Dakota Dark
12 years ago Featured

That is awful, animals deserve to be treated kindly, feeder or not they don't deserve to die so cruelly.

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Emma
12 years ago Featured

I can't believe how cruel people can be! I This needs to stop! I have my own pet rat And she is my best friend! I would never Want anything bad to happen to her...

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Roth Mandeville
12 years ago Featured

Disgusting! I'm appalled & disturbed. NO animal should be treated this way. Our society has lost sooo much empathy, it's very upsetting. Sometimes, I'm really ashamed to be human. Rats are sentient beings - they can suffer more than just physically. This has to stop!

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Jessica Napier
12 years ago

Help these poor little rats get loving homes!

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Winter Darkwood
12 years ago

Rat cruelty must be stopped, what did these poor, helpless creatures ever do to you

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