Texas Students Won't Face Punishment For Jump Roping With Cat Intestines: VIDEO

SAN ANTONIO, TX -- School district officials said this week no punishments will be meted out as a result of students using cat intestines as a jump rope during an anatomy class.

Cell phone video of the makeshift jump rope have made the rounds on social media. In the footage, students are shown jumping rope with a long piece of cord that turns out to be the intestines of a cat they had just dissected.

It's not something you see every day.

North East ISD officials said the high school students involved won't face disciplinary action as a result of their antics. A district spokeswoman told KENS-TV the lesson plan -- jump-roping and all -- illustrated how long and tough intestines are, and so effective anatomical lessons were imparted as a result.

She added the science teacher endorsed the cat-gut-jump-roping session, saying she saw a similar display during her college years.

But not everyone's happy. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals uploaded the video while voicing their opposition given a perceived disrespect shown for the fallen feline whose body was being used for science, and was a "crude" display.

District spokeswoman Aubrey Chancellor responded that no disrespect was intended, and the students meant no "ill will." Still, she said the district would update its lesson plan (presumably to exclude intestinal jump roping in the future).

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