California Schools Leading Race to Stop Dissections Washington,
D.C. -- Seven California schools have accepted a challenge by
the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) to discontinue all animal
dissections and lead the way to animal-friendly science
education. Rancho Verde High School, Woodside School, Valley
High School, Aviva High School, Amelia Earhart Middle School,
Glendale Adventist Elementary, and Southwestern Academy are the
first schools to commit to halting dissection programs for a
minimum of five years and use dissection alternatives instead.
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. The offer is open to all
North American schools. "I suspended the practice for two main
reasons: 1) given our student population (special education)
using sharp knives and pins was too dangerous; and 2) our
students raised personal concerns about hur