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Barnes & Noble College: Stop Selling Dead Cats and Pigs

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Barnes & Noble College is a bookstore, but did you know it also sells dead animals and their body parts? The company profits from selling dead fetal pigs and cats as well as sheep's brains, eyes, and hearts.

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The company's college bookstores sell them to students for dissection, even though humane options are readily available and more effective. Peer-reviewed literature confirms that students who use non-animal dissection methods perform better in learning assessments than those who dissect animals. Studies also show that being forced to dissect can actually scare students away from pursuing a career in a science-related field.

Pigs and sheep whose bodies and body parts are sold at the bookstore were likely violently killed in slaughterhouses. Dissecting animals teaches students to view living, feeling beings as disposable objects and fosters callousness toward them. Barnes & Noble College should be encouraging students to use leading technology and equipment that is ethical, sustainable, and free of toxic chemicals.

Students should be taught that animals are sensitive individuals who deserve our respect and kindness so that they can grow into empathetic humans who are capable of treating others with kindness. Dead animals and their body parts don't belong in bookstores or classrooms.

Urge Barnes & Noble College to stop selling dead animals and body parts by signing our petition!

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Message to {contact_data~firstName} {contact_data~lastName}:

I was shocked to learn that Barnes & Noble College is turning a profit by selling dead animals such as fetal pigs and cats as well as sheep's organs. These have been doused in carcinogenic chemicals like formaldehyde, potentially exposing young students to dangerous toxins.

Additionally, most animals sold for dissection do not die of natural causes nor are the majority killed painlessly. The cats may have been someone's lost or stolen companion—workers at one dissection supply company kept a macabre display of cat collars from the animals unlucky enough to end up in their warehouse. Pigs and sheep are cruelly killed in slaughterhouses, and their babies and organs are sold to suppliers that supply your bookstores.

Your company should offer only humane, modern tools like interactive digital software, realistic physical models, and virtual reality simulations. No animals are killed for these options, and peer-reviewed literature confirms that students who use non-animal dissection methods perform better in learning assessments than those who dissect animals.

Animals are sensitive individuals who deserve our respect and kindness, and students should be taught this so that they can grow into empathetic adults with prosocial behavior who benefit society. Animals aren't lab equipment, and their bodies and body parts don't belong in bookstores or classrooms.

Please stop selling fetal pigs and cats as well as sheep's brains, eyes, and hearts in your college bookstores.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,
{user_data~First Name} {user_data~Last Name}
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