“What is Wrong with Using Animals in the Classroom?” with Kathryn Sussman and Rob Laidlaw

This month on NYK Politics, Kathryn Sussman and Zoocheck founder Rob Laidlaw discuss the multiple uses of animals in the academic curriculum. Dissection is still going strong among classroom activities despite decades of parents and kids opposing it and various studies proving its ineffectiveness in teaching; but also live animals are kept as pets in the classroom and school outings to nearby animal facilities and local zoos remain a favourite.