Nampa biology teacher slaughters rabbit in class

A Columbia High School biology teacher killed and slaughtered a rabbit in front of 16 sophomores to show them how livestock is processed into food, Allison Westfall, the Nampa School District spokeswoman, said Thursday. The matter has been turned over to the district’s human resources department, Westfall said. She would not speculate on what might happen to the teacher because it is a personnel matter. She said she didn’t have the name of the teacher. The teacher expressed remorse for his action in class on Monday, Westfall told the Idaho Statesman. “That is not part of the biology curriculum,” she said. Students had asked the teacher to show them how livestock was processed on more than one occasion. He initially declined. But then he arranged to have a rabbit brought into the class, where it was killed and butchered on Nov. 6, Westfall said...more