ACTION ALERT

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: KAREN DAVIS (301) 948-2406

DEE KOTINAS, DIRECTOR OF THE ANIMALS

BENEFIT CLUB OF AZ (601) 867-2169

PLEASE JOIN US AT HORIZON HIGH SCHOOL ON AUGUST 14

TO PROTEST HEN ABUSE BY STUDENTS, ADMINISTRATORS' DENIAL

Date: Thursday August 14, 1997

Time: 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM

Place: Horizon High School, City of Phoenix

Address: 5601 East Greenway Road, Scottsdale AZ 85254

On the first day of classes, August 14th, United Poultry

Concerns will hold a protest rally in front of Horizon High

School from 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM. Please join us.

Issue: On April 11, 1997, a gang of Horizon High School

seniors released 50 "spent" hens on school property and proceeded

to abuse and kill them for fun. They threw hens over the fence,

breaking their legs, and onto the school roof. The body of a hen

with her legs tied was pulled out of a school trash can and aired

on TV. Feathers matted with dried blood were held up to the

camera. Two students who rescued 10 hens told the camera the

episode was "appalling," "disgusting," and "mean."

Animal abuse is against the law in Arizona. A.R.S. 13-2910

states: A person commits cruelty to animals if such person

recklessly subjects any animals or poultry to cruel mistreatment.

Dee Kotinas filed cruelty charges the next day to no avail.

Despite the evidence, Horizon principal John Stollar has

contrived a 2-page letter full of tiny print stating, "There was

no mayhem, there was no mutilation, there was no chaos." A

graduate student in a class he teaches said Mr. Stollar treats

the affair in front of his students as "A REAL FUNNY SQUAWKING

JOKING MATTER." Is it any wonder Horizon students made t-shirts

boasting: "I choked a chicken at Horizon," and "The Great Horizon

Chicken Massacre of 97"?

Something is seriously wrong at Horizon High School.

Please join us on August 14th and demand that Horizon acknowledge

the truth and uphold the law. As one person angrily stated on TV

that night: "Kids were kicking them [the hens] and throwing them

and killing them slowly. School officials should not have allowed

this. I want to know how a thing like this could happen."