Possum Throwing

27 Sep 2010 - A New Zealand school has a unique take on what it want to educate its students. Recently, the school organized a possum-throwing contest to entertain the students. The contest came under fire from local animal protection groups for encouraging students in the "morally wrong" practice. The contest, in which students swung possum carcasses over their heads and hurled them across the playground, was unacceptable the New Zealand Royal Society for the Protection of Animals said. RSPCA manager Danny Auger said, "While it is technically not illegal, it is morally wrong to throw a dead animal around." One wonders if it is indeed illegal, but more important it seems that the school maintains an unhealthy set of morals and values. It was not reported what the parents, or children involved, thought of the initiative.