This makes me so angry!

[avebury]

Texas museum kills two healthy mules for art exhibit



Word that two, perfectly healthy mules were purchased at an auction for the sole purpose of being killed and stuffed for a museum exhibit has sent thousands of individuals into a tailspin of anger and dismay.

On Monday, the American Museum of Agriculture in Lubbock, Texas acknowledged the accusations - they did indeed purchase two mules and have them destroyed in order for their bodies to be preserved by a taxidermist and then placed on display.

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The museum claimed that they paid $3,000 for two mules, 28 and 32 years of age, who were destined for slaughter.

Healthy mules can live anywhere from 30 to 50 years of age and the price that the museum paid would indicate that the animals purchased were likely still in good health.

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Two lives were destroyed for the sole purpose of creating a "realistic" museum exhibit.

Emails to the museum can be directed to: [email protected]