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12-18-2012, 06:23 PM
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Beta Theta Pi Suspends U of Kansas Chapter -- Animal Cruelty Allegations
See Kansas City Star story for allegations regarding animal cruelty:
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/12/17...gated-for.html
excerpt from ^^:
“By LEE HILL KAVANAUGH
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The Kansas University chapter that is facing allegations of animal cruelty involving a turkey was suspended indefinitely today by the Beta Theta Pi national organization. . . . “
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12-18-2012, 09:07 PM
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I feel bad for the turkey. 
Stories like this disturb me.
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12-18-2012, 11:30 PM
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God. I wish I hadn't read that. How awful.
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12-18-2012, 11:32 PM
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Wow. Why would anyone do such a thing?
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12-18-2012, 11:53 PM
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God. I wish I hadn't read that. How awful.
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I agree. What is wrong with people?
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12-19-2012, 11:12 AM
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WTF! This is severely messed up. I agree with the commenter on that article who says WTF about being able to RENT a turkey in the first place.
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12-20-2012, 09:22 AM
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Wow... words escape me right now...
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12-20-2012, 10:25 AM
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Renting animals is usually for petting zoos for kids, sometimes for film shoots. There are non-sick reasons to do it. This just makes me shudder.
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12-20-2012, 11:20 AM
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Renting animals is usually for petting zoos for kids
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A turkey?
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sometimes for film shoots.
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In Kansas?
I mean I can understand renting a deer in NYC for the above reasons, but this is just WEIRD.
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12-20-2012, 11:29 AM
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Yep, I've seen various kinds of poultry at petting zoos before. Anywhere kids with indulgent parents have parties, you can rent them.
A good rental place, though, will require that you pay the staff member be there to look out for the animals. They aren't supposed to drop them off and walk away.
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12-20-2012, 04:05 PM
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Turkey Pull *LONG* History...
I found a newspaper from 1964 online at http://news.google.com/newspapers?ni...g=4457,7126600
That indicated that the 1964 Turkey Pull at Beta Theta Pi was the 90th annual. This would put the first one in 1875! (The chapter received its charter in 1873).
I also found the Beta Theta Pi fraternity magazine/Newsletter from 1914 talking about that being the 40th annual.
So, I can't imagine that they've done this cruelty at every Turkey Pull for the last 140ish years, what changed?
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12-20-2012, 05:11 PM
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A little more. This article contains the texts of statements issued by the KU chapter and Beta HQ. Plus assorted other information:
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012...allegedly-abus
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03-06-2013, 05:23 PM
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Update: Beta Theta Pi HQ Stipulates Conditions for Kansas Chapter
Beta HQ has set conditions / requirements for the KU chapter; an investigation is reportedly not yet concluded.
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http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2013/ma...addressing-al/
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