PETA makes an ass of itself

[FinsnFur]

School District May Stop Using Animals in Future Events

Because of an email from an animal rights group, a school board in Pennsylvania is being asked to cancel an upcoming donkey basketball game and to ban the use of animals during any entertainment event.

Pat Kelley, the Superintendent of the Northwestern school district, was contacted by PETA after it had learned of a "donkey basketball" game that was intended as a fundraiser. The game, in which participants play a game of basketball while riding on donkeys, was to raise around $2,000 for the Northwestern High School girl's basketball team.   

While Kelley has indicated that he was not opposed to the game and made clear no harm came to the donkeys during the November 8 engagement, he has been quoted in media accounts as saying, "when you get notified by a national organization, you have to respond to it. You can't just blow it off." PETA went on to praise the effort of Kelley to raise the issue at the upcoming school board policy meeting to be held later this month.

Meanwhile, another Pennsylvania school board, in nearby Girard, was also approached by PETA to ban a similar fundraising game of "donkey basketball." The Girard High School principal, Greg McClelland, has indicated that while he plans to raise the issue with the school board, he is not asking for a policy change.

(credit goes to US Sportsmens Alliance)

[cathryn]

our FFA chapter, when i ws in high school, always sponsored a donkey basketball game between the students and teachers to raise money for our FFA program.

PETA needs to cram it.

next theyll be after fox hunters for riding horses while chasing foxes .

*rolleyes* donkeys were made to be ridden...just ask Mary.

they dont come to any harm. usually they just slowly plod along and occaisionally dump a rider on his butt but i have never ever seen one of them abused during a game.