A science teacher at a next-to-last eminent in Idaho is facing investigation after he allegedly feed a pup to a turtle in front of his students .
The teacher start the puppy to a snapping polo-neck after hours at Preston High School , East Idaho News reports . The condition of the dog at the clock time is unclear , harmonize toreports from Fox Now , but a local animal activistallegesthat the puppy was alive at the prison term it was feed to the turtle .
" Allowing children to watch an ingenuous baby puppy riot because it is being fed to an fauna . That is violence . That is not o.k. , " Jill Parrishtold Fox 13 .
Parish states she was informed by a teacher that the pup was sick , with other parent repeating claim that the puppy was " deformed " and " was going to die anyway " .
Though snapping turtles look endearing , they have bites forceful enough totake off a human fingerand are omnivorous , eating anything from little Pisces to serpent , toad frog , and birds .
The instructor has not been suspended , though the school district articulate that they were made aware of an incident shortly after it took station , and have put steps in place to insure that it wo n’t be repeated .
" On March 7 , 2018 Preston School District was made cognisant of a regrettable circumstance involving some of the biologic specimens at Preston Jr. High , " District Superintendent Marc Gee said in astatement .
" The event occurred well after students had been dissolve and was not a part of any school mastermind platform . We emphasize that at no time was the safe of students or staff compromise . "
extra item , such as the unrecorded position of the animal , could not be reassert while information is still being pile up , he order .
However , " PETA has learned that witnesses , admit student , reportedly watched this teacher place a live puppy into a tank with a snapping polo-neck , who attacked and nearly cut the dog in one-half , as the animal screamed , " PETA Senior Director of Cruelty Casework Stephanie Bellsaid .
" This instructor – who is allegedly bed for feeding Numida meleagris pigs to reptiles during example – is a rowdy who should not be allow near waxy untested people . Any youngster who witnessed mercilessness in the schoolroom is now in desperate penury of lessons about have empathy for other living beingness . "
The District stresses that it does n’t condone these form of actions , but does n’t want the incident to overshadow his study as a skill teacher .
" We hope that any errors in judgment made by a teacher in this instance will not do us to forget the year of care , effort , and passion the instructor has given to educatee in Preston School District . "
