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Extreme vegan Instagram profiles and their content focus on bashing meat eaters.

Dear Vegetable Eaters: Enough is Enough

by Leeda Djourshari, Reporter October 29, 2021

Vegan pressure:  Stop pushing your vegetable life on me I'm still a vegetarian, but I gave up being a vegan because it was very restrictive. For many teens who need a wide variety of foods for their...

Austin Welty grooms his cow in preparation for exhibition at the Frederick Fair.

Showing an animal at the Frederick Fair: Wash, dry, clip, cut…repeat

by Peyton Johnson, Editor September 14, 2019

For most students, the first few weeks of school are consumed with new classes, routines, friends, and teachers. For a student entering an animal in the Frederick Fair, the focus is on washing, drying,...

Sammie Volo and Spencer Derenberger focus on suturing up chicken breasts.

Pre-Vet class hones in their skills on raw chickens: Photo of the Day 1/17/18

by Greyston Harding, Reporter January 18, 2018

During the Pre-Vet class led by teacher Patricia Beachy on January 16, students practiced different types of sutures on raw chicken breasts. This exercise was used to show students a more realistic way...

A 90-pound endangered alligator snapping turtle was found in the middle of a road during the hurricane. The ancient turtle was returned to the Buffalo Bayou. The turtle is estimated to be 70-100 years old.

Horrible Harvey: Animals suffered in the hurricane, too

by Greyston Harding, Reporter October 10, 2017

Hurricane Harvey was a devastating Category 3 hurricane that tore through Houston, Texas. The hurricane lasted from August 25th to September 3rd. In some places, 50 inches of rain accumulated. Domesticated...

Still image from the TMZ video of German Shepherd Hercules being forced into a body of water on the set of the production of A Dog’s Purpose

A Dog’s Purpose: What do you know about animal actors in movies?

by Ethan Hart, Reporter February 15, 2017

In modern film, Hollywood animal welfare standards have gone to the dogs. The film A Dog’s Purpose has received  backlash from the public after a disturbing video of a dog being unwillingly pushed...

The four white feeder mice that raced through the mazes.

Pre-Vet class crosses the term’s finish line with mice racing: Photo of the Day 10/29/16

by Emily Sherwood, Reporter October 30, 2016

Mrs. Pat Beachy's Pre-Vet/Small Animal Science class finished Term 1 with mice races. The class had been studying rodents for the past semester, and one of their assignments involved making a maze that...

Class of 2017, senior Emily Sherwood is filling out a questionnaire asking her to name two types of wool found in the Fiber Optics tent.

The Pre-Vet Small Animal Care goes to Great Frederick Fair; Photo of the Day 9/20/16

by Victoria Rock, Reporter September 26, 2016

The Great Frederick Fair welcomed students to explore agriculture and teach the youth about the industry agriculture. The students were given a questionnaire that helps them develop an understanding...

Nelson experiments with the Dancing with Gazelle app.

Zootopia: Where animals and audiences go wild

by Sylvia Nelson, Reporter April 13, 2016

On March 4, Walt Disney Animation Studios' released Zootopia. On a scale from Lion King (highest), to Wall-E (lowest),  Zootopia is closer to Lion King, but doesn't quite "the king" status. The songs...

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