Join The Race To Stop Dissection
The Top 10 Reasons Schools Should Not Dissect Frogs
(1) Frogs are the most rapidly disappearing group of animals on the planet.
(2) Most frogs being dissected are taken out of the wild.
(3) Farm-raised frogs have high rates of infectious diseases.
(4) Excellent virtual dissection alternatives exist.
(5) Few students have any need to know what the inside of a frog looks like.
(6) If a student plans to be a doctor they can dissect cadavers in med school.
(7) Unnecessarily killing an animal is unethical and teaches students that animals are disposable.
(8) Students' time would be better spent learning about the threats frogs face and ways students can help protect amphibian populations.
(9) Students should not be forced to be unwitting accomplices in the extinction of frog species.
(10) Abandoning your school's dissection program sends a strong signal that you support worldwide amphibian conservation efforts.
Learn more about the contest and partnerships with the links below.
Save The Frogs!
Learn about The Race To End Dissection Contest here.Teachers and students can find information about the declining frog populations and reasons to eliminatate dissection in middle and high school.
Animal Welfare Institute
AWI has partnered with Digital Frog International to provide a full Digital Frog 2.5 (voted BEST dissection alternative by eSchool News readers) license to the first 25 schools that commit to end ALL animal dissections.
PETA People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is offering Micro Grants to schools willing to purchase Digital Frog's dissection alternative.Download the application form.
Independent Press Stories
Rancho Verde High School in California is the first school to join the race and received a Free Building Site License for Digital Frog 2.5 from AWI. Read more.............
