SynFrog is an ultra-realistic synthetic frog developed by PETA in partnership with SynDaver, a company that produces synthetic human and animal parts for surgical training.
Image via SynDaver
To help parents educating their children from home during the
coronavirus-related lockdown, PETA’s humane education division TeachKind has
created an informative educational video demonstrating a cruelty-free
alternative to using frogs for dissection.
PETA Science Education Manager Samantha Suiter and her daughter, Elliot,
fully embraced “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day” by creating a video
lesson to show just how effective their animal-based alternative, SynFrog,
is for educating students.
Launched late last year, SynFrog is an ultra-realistic synthetic frog
developed by PETA in partnership with SynDaver, a company that produces
synthetic human and animal parts for surgical training.
“SynFrog features removable and anatomically correct organs, it’s free of
formaldehyde, and no frogs are killed for it,” explained Rachelle Owen, PETA
Director of Student Campaigns and Influence. “From the classroom to the
home, PETA and TeachKind are happy to provide teachers, students and parents
with educational tools that make learning fun and effective, not fatal.”
To further aid parents, Teachkind has also produced worksheets to accompany
the video workshop and is offering to donate SynFrog to educators who want
to create their own instructional videos.
Each year, over 3 million frogs are needlessly killed for science classes,
leading to depleted wild frog populations, children who are more likely to
turn away from careers in science, and, in some cases, inhumane attitudes
toward living creatures. It’s time to remove animal suffering from the
classroom.
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