Chez Chesler

See http://www.thebostonchannel.com/education/2948308/detail.html?treets=bos&tid=2654276836813&tml=bos_9am&tmi=bos_9am_1_08000003252004&ts=H

Authorities in Plant City [Florida] said a high school science teacher killed a sickly pair of baby rabbits with a shovel in front of her stunned class. Teacher Jane Bender won't face criminal charges, but she is facing two civil counts of animal cruelty that carry fines of $620. One Animal Services investigator said Bender has to be held accountable, because her actions are "just not what we want to teach people to do with injured or sick animals."

So what do they do with sick animals in Florida? Send them to hospices? These are rabbits. By definition their eyes weren't even open otherwise they'd be hares.) It might have shocked the class, and depending on the grade level have been good or bad pedagogics, but it wasn't cruel to the fluffy bunnies. According to the Florida statutes "Cruelty" means any act of neglect, torture, or torment that causes unjustifiable pain or suffering of an animal. The fluffy bunnies didn't feel a thing, and the swift dispatch ended their suffering.