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Bizarre Protest: Jennifer Thornburg From Virginia Changes Her Name To URL "Cutout Dissection.com" To Protest Animal Dissections
A 19-year-old Virginia woman has adopted a most unusual method of
protest--by changing her name to a website address CutoutDissection.com, Cutout for short, protesting animal
dissection for scientific purposes.
However, her friends and family still call
her Jennifer.
Dissection of animals is repulsive to many high school and college
students, but few take a step so drastic as legally changing their
names to protest the act.
Cutout wanted to do something to protest animal dissections in schools:
"I normally do have to repeat my name several times when I am introducing myself to someone new," she told The Asheville Citizen-Times. "Once they find out what my name is, they want to know more about what the Web site is about."
The Asheville High School graduate, who's working in Virginia,
said she began opposing dissections in middle school after a class
assignment to cut up a chicken wing made her uncomfortable.
She helped
create a policy at her high school that allows students who object to
dissections to complete an alternative assignment.
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