AR-News: (US-WA) FW: animals at school attacked

[jim robertson]

>On AnimalConcerns.org
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>SCHOOL'S SHOW ANIMALS TORTURED, KILLED
>Associated Press, April 26, 2004
>http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D826O3U00.html
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>Yakima County sheriff's officials have identified five young suspects in 
>the killing and maiming of pigs at a barn at White Swan High School.
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>The high school's barn was broken into, and canes, axes, knives and hammers 
>were used to torture Future Farmers of America show animals, people who saw 
>the aftermath said. Two prized pigs died and several others were severely 
>beaten or stabbed. The surviving animals were being cared for Monday by FFA 
>students.
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>The sheriff's office said in a news release that it was sending the case to 
>a juvenile prosecutor. Investigators didn't release the names or ages of 
>the suspects.
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>The violent nature of the attack Friday raised questions among parents and 
>school officials about the safety of area schools. "If you have kids doing 
>this to animals, what are they going to do with the other kids?" asked 
>Mount Adams School District board member Larry Garcia.
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>FFA students raise animals to show and sell for slaughter. Buying a piglet 
>and grain costs about $300 and a prize-winning adult can bring in hundreds 
>of dollars. Stanley Wentz was raising pigs to earn money for a wrestling 
>trip to Australia. The 17-year-old found the dead and injured pigs. Several 
>weeks before, two pigs had been killed by stray dogs. "Even with the dogs, 
>I'd never seen blood like that," he said. "From one end of the barn to the 
>other. There was blood on the ceiling. On the walls. All over." His twin 
>sister, Kayla Wentz, raised one of the pigs that died.
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>Information from: Yakima Herald-Republic, http://www.yakima-herald.com

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