COLUMBUS, Texas - The killing, cooking and eating of a baby raccoon as part of a class in Columbus has raised animal cruelty questions.
Police Chief Danny Jackson said usually the animals are dead when they're part of a wildlife management and harvesting class at Columbus High School.
Jackson said the October incident apparently involved two students who took a live raccoon to school.
Jackson told KHOU television that the students, "Started stepping and stomping on it, joking they're tenderizing the animal."
He said the youths then skinned the raccoon, cooked it and ate it.
Superintendent Randy Hoyer said a substitute teacher was in the class that day and did not know any better, but it won't happen again.
Hoyer said with the substitute teacher, the students in essence had permission to process the animal on site.
But student Stephanie Zavala said it was animal cruelty.
Columbus is a community of 4,100, located about 55 miles west of Houston.
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