For my human anatomy/physiology class in high school we had to disect cats second semester. I refused to participate with the cat. I had no problem doing the pig, cow eye, sheep brain, etc although it wasn't very pleasant. I sat to the side and watched my lab mates with the cat, taking notes accordingly and learning the parts - but I refused to touch it. It made me cry because it was an orange male cat and made me think about my Sammy baby. At the same time it was kind of neat to see everything and learn about some of the stuff. Now, if it was a pregnany cat with kittens in the womb - I would have walked out of the class and dropped out - that's sickening!!!