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The PETA Action Alert

"Several participants in a field study course offered by the Boulder Outdoor Survival School (BOSS) recently contacted PETA, horrified. On the fourth day of their trek, the team was reportedly instructed to kill a docile sheep who had been tied to a tree by school organizers. The team was told that the sheep had been starved for three days so that his intestines would be easier to clean.Apparently, BOSS expects hapless hikers to stumble upon tethered, domesticated, easy-to-clean animals while lost in the wilderness.

According to our sources, team members were told to dig a hole in the ground and place a bucket in the hole to catch the blood.Seven team members then wrestled the starving and terrified animal to the ground and positioned his neck over the bucket. Straws were reportedly drawn to determine who would do the actual cutting. Horrifically, our sources say, the cutter used a dull knife to saw away at the sheeps throat and was only successful in torturing the animalan instructor had to step in to finish the job.

BOSS does not let potential customers know in advance that they will be expected to pin down and hack away at domesticated animals during their wilderness survival training. Honing that particular survival skillis apparently meant to be a surprise activity. Students who are informed in advance about the planned slaughter are specifically asked not to tell other students, in order to not spoil the "surprise."

One complainant was definitely surprised: "The sheep had been quiet until now, when the most horrifying [agonized] breathing started & I looked down and saw the trachea had been severed. 'Oh my God,' I thought. 'This is really happening.' The legs were spasming "How long did it take him to die? At least five minutes" As soon as he was dead, they took a thick wooden pole and rammed it between the ankle bones of the sheep and hung him upside-down. No pictures,we were told. The general population just wouldn't understand.'Just who would?' I thought."

A PETA caseworker, posing as a potential customer, called BOSS specifically to ask about animal slaughter. A BOSS spokesperson confirmed that this grisly activity is discreetly included in most of the longer courses. "The trips build up to a kill of a large animal," she told PETA. "It's very spiritual."

Please let BOSS,which has offices in both Boulder, Utah, and Boulder, Colorado, know that there is nothing spiritual about starving and killing animals, and ask that they discontinue this part of their outdoor curriculum."

 

FAQ's About The Sheep Kill | PETA and BOSS | Read PETA's Action Alert
Comments from BOSS Alumni | Comments from PETA members