Didn't she say that the cat was killed for the purpose of the dissection? Maybe I misunderstood, but I took it as the teacher said the cat was killed for the class, and I think that is completely disgusting. I will not dissect anything. Maybe the cat was already dead, but it wasn't before the dissection. It is one thing if the animal was ill and had to be put down in the first place, but it's wrong if the cat was killed simply because it would have gone to a shelter otherwise. In high school I was supposed to dissect a cow's eye, a fish and maybe a worm. I wouldn't do it, even though I knew the eye came from a cow used for meat and stuff. Anyway, that's just my opinion.