Alicia Silverstone and her son, Bear, are working together to support PETA's new campaign. PETA created the "Cut Class, Not Frogs" campaign to empower schoolchildren to feel comfortable saying no to ...

Dear EarthTalk: Are the animals used in classroom dissection taken from the wild? If so, wouldn't this be endangering their populations? Are there other environmental issues associated with classroom ...

A new California bill, AB 1586, could ban animal dissection in K-12 classrooms throughout the state. The Replacing Animals in Science (RAISE) Act argues that animal dissection is costly, exposes ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new bill is looking to prohibit students from dissecting animals in school. Currently, students with a morale objection to dissecting an animal have the right to refrain from ...

Kudos to Connecticut legislators for passing a law allowing students to opt out of animal dissection and be provided with humane alternatives. This crude exercise has no place in 21st century ...

LUNENBURG — Lunenburg High School student Douglas Vargo lobbied the School Committee to ban animal dissection in LHS Wednesday night. Vargo, 15, gave a detailed presentation of dissection alternatives ...

Who can forget when Elliott saves hundreds of frogs from dissection by setting them free in the classic film E.T.? A couple of Grade 12 Sutherland Secondary students have taken a less dramatic ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — One Indiana lawmaker wants to create options for students who just don’t want do to wield scalpels in the classroom for animal dissections. You know the traditional tools of ...

Now that students across the country have gone back to school, Pretty Little Liars and Vampire Diaries star Torrey DeVitto is teaming up with PETA to tackle a tough subject: animal dissection. In a ...

Recently, the panel from the “Capitol Report” was literally poking fun at students who do not want to cut up animals to learn the life sciences [Feb. 24, CTNow.com]. Compassion for animals and ...

AMES, Iowa – In a recent class session devoted to reviewing the components of a monogastric digestive system, Alexandra Else-Keller reminded an animal science student how to position her fingers as ...