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https://wmms.iheart.com/content/201...ng-live-puppy-to-turtle-in-front-of-students/

This is really horrifying. There's literally no reason for junior high students to see this. It serves no educational value whatsoever. I don't care if the puppy had a deformity and was sick. If it was going to die you euthanize it humanely. You don't feed it live to a turtle in front of children to teach them about the circle of life.

I'm surprised that some parents are defending this. It actually didn't happen during class but during a supplementary lesson after school. The teacher had previously fed other animals to reptiles.

There are always tough moments in biology class from wrapping your head around osmosis to dissecting a frog, but one teacher in Idaho gave some students a lesson they will never forget when he fed a live puppy to a turtle.

After school, Preston Junior High School science teacher Robert Crosland taught about the circle of life by letting a snapping turtle have at a live pup. Not surprisingly, he is now under investigation with animal rights activists calling the demonstration "disgusting and sick." One told the local Fox affiliate, "Allowing children to watch an innocent baby puppy scream because it is being fed to an animal. That is violence. That is not okay."

However, some parents and students are defending the teacher, pointing out that the puppy had deformities and would've died soon anyways. One student told the East Idaho Post the Crosland is "a cool teacher who really brought science to life," adding, "I loved his class because he had turtles and snakes and other cool things."

Previously, Crosland had fed guinea pigs to the snakes and turtles in his classroom, but it's not clear if they were alive or not.

In a press release, Preston Junior High explained there is now an investigation into the incident and asked parents to be patient and remember the "years of care, effort and passion" from Crosland.

Meanwhile, the superintendent called the event "a regrettable circumstance involving some of the biological specimens," and stated that it did not happen during school. The local sheriff is also looking into what occurred.
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One student told the East Idaho Post the Crosland is "a cool teacher who really brought science to life," adding, "I loved his class because he had turtles and snakes and other cool things."
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The fact he's getting kids to embrace science rather than putting them off with endless dry old textbooks can only be a good thing.
 
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TowinKarz said:
Times have changed, I remember in 1st grade we had a teacher mention that shooting something in the head kills it instantly, and nobody batted an eye....

THese days? Look out social justice mob.

That said, feeding LIVE things to other live things isn't necessary to teach this particular lesson. "Don't be cruel, the inevitability of death does not mean one must suffer" is important too.

Though the "circle of life" lesson is an important one. The number of videos on YouTube of Eagles catching fish, or foxes catching bunnies that have comment sections full of chastising the cameraman for "doing nothing to help" makes me wonder if some people think predatory animals can just hit up their government-supplied vending machine if they're hungry.
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I remember in my class being able to check out a cows heart and poke around around. Kids and parents these days are pansies.
 
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CWCissey said:
I remember we got to dissect a fish, a sheep's eye, a heart and a cow's liver. The last one we were all joking about throwing out the window onto some Year 7 Students.
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I think this was in grade one or three, can't remember which one it was. It was at a Catholic school though.

Man how schools degraded over the decades.
 
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Anonymus Fluhre said:
I think this was in grade one or three, can't remember which one it was. It was at a Catholic school though.

Man how schools degraded over the decades.
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Oh yeah they kept the non-plastic organs out of my primary school. They kept that fun stuff for the middle of secondary school, and only for the top set of science class.

It's kind of sad really. Kids love all the gross shit in science and maybe doing more stuff like that would lead to a higher retention rate, or at least improve attitudes.
 
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MrLobe said:
Alligator Snapping Turtles are badasses with mouths like pruning shears. Anything that goes in there is 100% coming off. We had to keep our dogs from fucking with them every once in awhile.
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Plus they look like a goddamn final fantasy enemy.

We only have the "regular" snappers in the north but they're just as dangerous. Although in the summer if you're hanging out down by a lake it's actually nice to find a few and set your chairs close by (but not too close!) They have elastic tongues like a lot of lizards and they'll lap all the annoying flies out of the air.

So, you know... the teacher could've just given it some bugs to eat.
 
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Anonymus Fluhre said:
I remember in my class being able to check out a cows heart and poke around around. Kids and parents these days are pansies.
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A teacher once randomly gave me a reindeer heart to eat during recess. Not for science. Just for kindness. I do agree some schools are becoming a bit soft.

That being said don’t kill puppies that ain’t good.
 
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Benine Bovine said:
A teacher once randomly gave me a reindeer heart to eat during recess. Not for science. Just for kindness. I do agree some schools are becoming a bit soft.

That being said don’t kill puppies that ain’t good.
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That's a good teacher, they're trying to make you strong. (be wary of animal livers you haven't heard of before though, they can kill)
 
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I can get animal breeders culling severely deformed animals and feeding them to other animals they might keep so it doesn't go to waste, but it's better to kill them humanely by gassing them or for warm-blooded animals quickly snapping the neck. Plus live feeding reptiles really isn't something you should do unless it won't eat otherwise.
 
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Still though you don't feed a live puppy to a snapping turtle, especially not in front of children.
 
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https://www.dallasnews.com/business...light-texas-after-owner-told-put-overhead-bin
A French bulldog puppy died Monday night on a flight out of Texas after a flight attendant told its owner that the dog needed to be placed in the overhead compartment.

June Lara, a passenger on United Airlines Flight 1284 from Houston to New York, wrote on Facebook that he was seated behind a family of three who had brought 10-month-old Papacito along with them.

But Lara was surprised when a flight attendant said the pup should be placed in the overhead compartment.

"They INSISTED that the puppy be locked up for three hours without any kind of airflow," he wrote. "They assured the safety of the family's pet so wearily, the mother agreed."

When the flight landed at LaGuardia airport nearly three and a half hours later and the family opened Papacito's kennel, the puppy wasn't moving or making any sounds. Lara wrote that he held the woman's baby as she tried to revive the pup.

"I cried with them three minutes later as she sobbed over his lifeless body, he wrote. "My heart broke with theirs as I realized he was gone."



Another passenger, Maggie Gremminger, posted on Twitter that she heard the dog barking during the flight but assumed the overhead bins were ventilated.

"We didn't know it was barking a cry for help," she wrote.

Gremminger told Buzzfeed that a flight attendant appeared to be upset by the incident.

"She said that she did not know there was a dog in the bag, and if so she never would have instructed it to be put in the bin above," she said.

In a statement to the Houston Chronicle, United said the incident was "a tragic accident that should never have occurred, as pets should never be placed in the overhead bin."

"We assume full responsibility for this tragedy and express our deepest condolences to the family and are committed to supporting them," the statement said. "We are thoroughly investigating what occurred to prevent this from ever happening again."

United's pet policy says that animals that travel in the cabin must fit in small kennels that fit beneath a seat. The airline charges $125 each way for in-cabin pets.

Airline spokesman Charles Hobart said United refunded the family's tickets and pet fee.

In 2017, 18 animals died on United Airline flights, according to data from the Department of Transportation. Six animals died on all other U.S. carriers combined.
 
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