I apologize for my insensitivity.

But just because dissection bothers some people - that doesn't mean it's immoral! They're not being mean to cats, just like we're not being mean to people when we do it. Really - if it's OK for people it should be OK for animals, too.

So - maybe it's wrong to make the children do it. OK - not maybe. It is definitely wrong. But it's cruelty to children, not animals.

Schools should keep in mind that there are some children who won't use anatomy and physiology in their future careers and should make the dissection portion of the class optional. But I really don't think that dissection is cruelty to animals or is immoral in any way.

What IS immoral and cruel is that people allowed the cats to be born when there is already an overpopulation of cats. The people who are wrong are the people who don't have their animals spayed or neutered. If they had their animals altered, then all these cats wouldn't be put to sleep and wouldn't be available to high school biology classes.

Once again - I apologize for being insensitive.