Teacher "euthanizes" baby rabbits with shovel in front of students...

[MosMom]

Would this make you angry as a parent? I would be upset that I was not notified of this ahead of time and I would HOPE that the kids were given the option of not viewing it.

Why not take the rabbits to a veterinarian to be checked out? If there was no hope, why not euthanize them by putting them to sleep? Why decapitate them with a shovel in front of students? Yikes!! She should be a marine, not a teacher! I took an animal science class and my teacher brought in a deer he bagged for us to do a necropsy on. I still wonder if he should have done that.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/03/30/rabbits.killed.ap/index.html

 

[Stepharoonie!]

 

[DocRafiki]

Euthanasia means the death is peaceful. That is not euthanasia. Besides, the AVMA (Am Vet Med Assoc) issues updated euthanasia guidelines every year. I haven't looked it up, but I have the feeling that "shovel to the head" is not one of the acceptable methods.

Yes, I'd be angry. It's ignorant and careless behavior.

As far as the bagged deer -- it was careless to expose students to an animal that hadn't been preserved. Who knows what kind of diseases it could have been carrying?

 

[nativetxn]

YIKES!!!

 

[Octoberbride03]

Well, I can understand that if the bunnies were dying that its better to have them die quick and as painless as possible. BUt i do wonder if its time for this teacher to retire cause i have a few questions about her.

*How old are her students?

*Since the bunnies were part of the class so to speak why didn't the teacher have the kids hand raise the babies after their mother rejected them?

*Since she decided to euthanize them, why didn't she wait till she had a free moment with no students present?

In my own opinion its time for teacher to retire. Especially if her students were elementary age.

 

[MandaMom]

OMG!!

 

[epcotfan]

That is horrible!

 

[Mermaid02]

What a psycho- she wasn't "down on the farm" she was teaching a group of high school students. If my son or daughter were in that class she would be getting a piece of my mind that's for sure. I'm not a peta supporter but I'd go throw a bucket of red paint at her any day.

 

[newholiday]

OMG!

 

[cgcw]

I would be furious!!!

 

[dizneenut]

That is horrible. I would be furious.

 

[browneyes]

What was she hoping to teach the kids by killing those baby rabbits in front of them?

 

[jacksonsmom]

I did not read the article, the subject line was enough for me.....

BUT if my son was in her class & he had to witness that I would be up at the school faster then a speeding bullet. I would be giving EVERY one that matters a HUGE piece of my mind.

That is TOTALLY UNCALLED FOR!!!!!

 

[MICKEY88]

that teacher is a whack job....

I'd refuse to let my child attend another class with her teaching.

I agree with others, she should have disposed of the bunnies { if it was absolutely neccessary } in a more humane method, out of sight of her students..

 

[Serena]

I would do everything I could to have her fired. That is unexcusable.

 

[Stimpy]

I saw this in the paper a few days ago. I was so upset and disgusted! I wish there was some way to get the police involved in this. It is really disturbing that a teacher is doing this in front of children, showing them that it is ok to smash an animal to death. I can just see some kid going home and looking around saying "hmmmm I wonder what would happen if I tried the same thing with this squirrel, or cat etc" Sick!!!!

 

[Lanshark]

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[MICKEY88]

Originally posted by Stimpy

I can just see some kid going home and looking around saying "hmmmm I wonder what would happen if I tried the same thing with this squirrel, or cat etc" Sick!!!!

I had the same thought...and then the kid would be arrested and sent to court ordered therapy

 

[always quiet]

Oh my God! This just sickens me!! It really hits home for me seeing how I have spent so many months raising a baby bunny who's mother rejected her. I have seen how small and DEFENSELESS she was. I could not imagine how anyone could do that to a baby animal. If they were truly sick, she should of done the humane thing and taken them to a vet where they could of at least had a peaceful death. That is one image I am having a hard time getting out of my head! I think I am going to go give Thumper a hug...maybe that will help..............

 

[MosMom]

Colleen,

I agree. Who was she to determine that they were too sick to survive? It would have been a WONDERFUL lesson in animal rehabilitation to at least TRY and raise the bunnies. Take them to a vet and let a professional decide if they are ill. If they are terminally ill, put them down peacefully. If not, it is a lesson in nurturing for the kids.

I'm shocked the school did not fire her or even suspend her! I do hope the animal cruelty charges go through and she gets charged the fines. At least then she will have SOME consequences for doing that.