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"provider_name": "Action Network",
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"author_name": "AnimalKIND",
"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/animal-liberation-queensland",
"title": "Stop the Collinsville Bacon Busters Comp",
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"description": "The Collinsville State High School P&C is organising its 7th annual fundraiser, the Collinsville Bacon Buster Competition. This competition offers prizes for under 12 year olds and under 17 years old, as well as 'babes & boars'. Hunting is inherently violent, especially hunting of wild pigs with dogs. 'Pig dogging' is illegal is some states of Australia, but the laws here in Queensland are vague. The RSPCA also opposes hunting for sport on animal welfare grounds. In any case, this event should have nothing to do with a State High School. On the Education Queensland website there is a checklist for schools and P&C associations to consider when evaluating the suitability of a proposed idea for sponsorship and fundraising. Point 3 asks whether the proposal is consistent with the ethos of the department and the education of students. It is then elaborated by stating that arrangements that are violent are not acceptable. This statement would seem to provide clear evidence that the proposed fundraiser should never have been approved at the school level in the first place. The killing of sentient animals is unmistakably a violent activity. And the fact that students are encouraged by way of prizes on offer to participate in the violence makes this fundraiser all the more repugnant and unsuitable. It surely does not align with Education Queensland standards. We are calling on the Minister for Education, Grace Grace, to urgently intervene and prohibit this event.",
"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-collinsville-bacon-busters-comp"
}