A Florida teacher is currently being investigated after reports that he has been drowning raccoons with his students.
According to students, parents, and video, The Forest High School teacher enlisted his class' help in killing two raccoons and one opossum in a large garbage can.
Pictures and video submitted by one upset teen show a raccoon trapped in a metal cage, being held under water by students - an act which his mother described as 'torture'.
The teacher reportedly claimed the raccoons were killing the class' chickens, but drowned the opossum just for ‘sport’.
The school's superintendent Heidi Maier has said the teacher should be fired.
Another school representative said that while the his actions were not illegal, they were certainly 'questionable'.
The mother of the student who submitted the video said its contents make her 'sick' and that she doesn't 'think that's the way to treat any animal'.
She added: "They should have trapped the animal and had somebody take them and relocate the animals."
Emily Court is a passionate ethical vegan from Eastern Canada. She is a Challenge 22 Mentor, Digital Writer, and experienced animal advocate driven by issues of animal liberation and social justice. She studied at Dalhousie University, where her thesis highlighted intercultural and gender relations. She is an established public speaker, writer, and world traveller with a drive to provide a voice to those who might not otherwise have one. You can follow her on Instagram @emily.j.court or on Twitter @_EmilyJCourt_.
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are prepared in the author's capacity and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Plant Based News itself.
Since you're here...
Plant Based News is a FREE service that receives millions of views each week on Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, our weekly newsletter and this website. This takes a lot of our personal time, money and hard work. But we do it because we KNOW it makes a difference. If those following our reporting helped by contributing, we could do even more. Please consider supporting us so we can create further awareness about animal rights, environmentalism, ethical consumerism and the plant-based lifestyle. Not a false narrative - but information that empowers people to make better choices.
