A Florida teacher is being investigated after student reported he drown wild raccoons in a trash can during one of his course of study .
The incident went down at Forest High School in Ocala during an farming scientific discipline class on Monday , as reported by local mediaWKMG News 6 ClickOrlando . It ’s believe that two raccoons and an opossum were killed in a “ hands - on ” object lesson in state management because the animals had eaten a wimp that the class was raising for a project .
Footage of the lesson wascaptured on a smartphone , despite the instructor reportedly requesting students to not take it , showing the racoon in a alloy conducting wire bunker being dunked and withstand down in a garbage can full of pee .
“ It made me queasy . It made me pale to my tum . It ’s fearsome . It still does make me sick to my stomach , " a mother of one of the student in the class enjoin WKMG - TV . She added that her son came home in tears after experiencing the lesson .
" When the racoon tried to come up for melody they had metal rods and they halt them down with alloy rods and when the raccoon would essay to pop its head up they held water hose in its face to drown it , " she added .
As for the reception from the world , people appear to be divided on the military issue . Some people on societal mass medium have jumped to the instructor ’s defense , arguing that exterminating “ pests ” is a totally acceptable and legal agricultural practice . On the flip side , some have point out that drowning raccoons in cages is not the most legitimate or cruelty - destitute method of killing a pestilence . Many others are simply shocked at the video , account the act as “ distortion ” and “ beyond fauna cruelty . ”
Former students of the school have also defended the teacher ’s action . On theForest High School FFA Alumni Sir Frederick Handley Page , they draw him as “ a human beings who would give everything he had to ensure that his children / educatee are taken care of ” .
The teacher was place on paid administrative leave the twenty-four hour period after the ailment , but the county ’s Superintendent iscalling fortougher action , advocate that the teacher is fired . The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and The Florida Department of Health are also investigating the incident to assess whether the instructor has broken any laws .
In other recent news show of bizarre and ethically - doubtful school day lessons , a teacher in Idaho was putunder the spotlightafter he allegedly fed a puppy to a snapping turtle in front of his students . What that was mean to be teaching is anyone ’s guess .
