A couple of weeks ago we received an email. It was about a rumor involving an Iowa school. Supposedly, a female student was identifying as a cat. And the school was allowing kitty litter to be placed in the classroom or bathroom — or both.
Initially, we laughed too. We thought, “no way.”
But then we thought…”well, you never know.”
The district denied the allegation, but then just a couple of days later we were told about students “identifying” as cats in another district. We were told there are students allowed to wear cat ears and tails while other students cannot even wear a hat. These “furries,” as we’re told they are called, are also allowed to hiss and meow at other students.
Then, people from another district said students are allowed to identify as dogs and wear dog collars. They’re also allowed to bark.
And last week, as I was meeting people at the Clay County GOP booth at the county fair, a student told me this sort of thing is happening at their school too.
It looks like it isn’t just happening in Iowa, thankfully…I guess?
In Kentucky a spokesperson for a school said a TikTok trend has students making animal noises toward each other — specifically barking.
The spokesperson wrote to parents that students were wearing items “not school-appropriate.” These items include collars and leather straps with spikes.
Interestingly, the school wrote it doesn’t want to discourage or thwart the creativity or individualism of students, but it wants to promote a “safe and healthy” culture for all kids to feel comfortable.
What is happening to civilization? Why would this be allowed in the school systems anywhere? No wonder the kids are not learning!
A level of psychiatry needs to be initiated before creating accommodations for students who identify as cats.
yall think this is real lol
There is nothing “safe and healthy” about this. If your child thinks they are a cat or a dog then you failed as a parent.
it is, i go to high school with plenty of these people and want to drop out because the things i have to see.
Taylor, doesn’t your school have acting, dance, music, and art classes where you can express yourselves? Is your school pushing transgender and they don’t wanna be, so they’d rather be a cat?
If these student “animals” are so messed in the head, let’s treat them like a cat or dog! First, contact the humane society for not having a valid animal license and not wearing a tag. Secondly, the parents need to be cited for having an unlicensed animal and have not had their rabies shots! Third, they need to take their de-worming pills and don’t forget their flea and ticket collars. Fourth, they need to be kicked out of school for pets are not allowed in school unless used to assist handicapped individuals as a service animal. Fifth, they need to be spayed or neutered cause these are the types of people that should not be allowed to breed!
I think we need some intervention on these kids and parents. I will make contact with the local Humane Society so we can get a vehicle out there to get these unlicensed, unvaccined animals into the local pound. We will need to lock them up and feed them the same food other cats and dogs are fed. Put them on a leash to go to the bathroom outside. If they are not claimed within 72 hours, they need to be euthanized.
Actually, I was listening to Simon Conway talk about this today, and it apparently IS going on in IOWA schools. I’m just sayin’.
This is definitely going on in schools. We live in a conservative area of North Florida and A LOT of kids in our local middle school are furries. They are acting just as described in this article. They wear animal accessories (ears, tails, etc) and they paw at other kids’ backpacks and shoes, etc. Don’t think it’s not happening in your area because it probably is.
It isn’t how I pictured civilisation’s collapse.
Supposedly this is real. I live about two blocks from the school board administrator in my county, whom through his wife told us that a young lady in our district is indeed putting up a squabble about being denied accommodation as a cat. It doesn’t affect me and either way, there are myriad remedy to stop it.
[…] reports have popped up elsewhere. In Iowa, an unsourced, anonymous report claimed that school boards were considering placing litter boxes in the bathrooms, while a Canadian public school director took to the media to connect similar rumors in his […]
[…] Similar reports have popped up elsewhere. In Iowa, an unsourced, anonymous report claimed that school boards were considering placing litter boxes in the bathrooms, while a Canadian public school director took to the media to connect similar rumors in his […]
[…] Similar reports have popped up elsewhere. In Iowa, an unsourced, anonymous report claimed that school boards were considering placing litter boxes in the bathrooms, while a Canadian public school director took to the media to connect similar rumors in his […]
These lawsuits should be plain and simple. The only animals allowed in public schools are for the blind or those with a medical condition requiring a dog. Therefore, if you identify as a dog or cat you can no longer go to a public school because animals are not allowed. Talk about a health violation!! Custodial staff CANNOT be required to clean up litter boxes. I agree, this starts at home with good healthy parenting.
I heard from the same reliable sources that there’s this one high school where a couple of girls identify as horses. One of them decided she was a princess, and convinced all the other kids to wear these fake horse ears and tails. But the other girl wanted to one up everyone, and decided she was really a demon instead. It all ended in a big fight that caused massive property damage to the school. What a waste of tax dollars!
Well, for starters, none of this is true!!
Something is very wrong at home and in school if this is excepted in our schools. I first did not believe it when my granddaughter told me about this. For heaven’s sake, don’t allow this to go on! What in the world is happening? I know what my folks would have done if I had notions like that. And that is what is missing if you know what I mean
This is sadly happening, and even in rural, conservative, farm country, Iowa. Wow! Comments above just about cover it. Parents and school folk need to put their paws (feet) down and get real. Litter in bathrooms–spare me. De-clawing and neutering, ha! In NY state, a baby can be aborted at birth, but it is illegal, no joke, to declaw a cat. Sick.
I want to weigh in here, because I am a Furry. If you have people who act like and believe they ARE animals, that is NOT a Furry. Those people call themselves Therians or Otherkin and are NOT a part of the Furry fandom.
All being a Furry means is that you enjoy anthropomorphic characters. Furries like to create a character that is basically “what would I be if I was an animal cartoon character” but we don’t believe we ARE animals, it’s just like cosplaying any other character in media except it’s one you create yourself.
In short: This behavior is not related to Furries so please stop lumping a harmless hobby in with an actual mental illness.
[…] September 2021, a month before the Canadian district denied the rumor, a small, self-identified conservative news site reported the rumor that Iowa schools were using cat litter. This article is the earliest instance VERIFY could find of […]
[…] September 2021, a month before the Canadian district denied the rumor, a small, self-identified conservative news site reported the rumor that Iowa schools were using cat litter. This article is the earliest instance VERIFY could find of […]
If you believe any of this, you should be identifying as a squirrel, based on your IQ. This is all factless bullshit meant to amp up the dumbest people in human civilization.
Nowhere in the article, does it say if it’s an elementary school or high school or what. Regardless, kids can do really stupid things according to adults. I am a Piano Teacher and I’ve had girls come in wearing headbands with cat ears or knit caps like a dog or cat. Young children will go to school in a cowboy outfit or, when I was growing up, a lone ranger mask. The reaction is overblown relative to what the article is saying. There’s too little detail and too many unanswered questions to get upset about. There are lots of adults having fun being Furrys. Kids, see it and want to do the same thing. Mostly, it’s for fun.
Are Iowans really dumb enough to believe this is true?
So, the artivcle says ‘no litterboxes in classrooms’ did we all see that?
My experience was with Musketeers. Three guys in my high school would wear their Musketeers ‘costumes’ and walk the halls between classes. Disgusting. They weren’t the musketeers, but I guess the school was going to let them identify as musketeers.. smh.
No sources, no evidence, no names, no school names, no anything. This entire….”article”….and I use that term SO loosely in this case, is nothing but hearsay and no substance. The fact that ANY grown adult would believe ANYTHING of this nature on nothing but, “Hey, I heard this….” is what’s wrong with society. Not kids dressing up, not trans people, not close to even half of what the “right”…and I’m using that term loosely as well, claim to be problems. You should all be ashamed of yourselves. Grow up and read something with a cited source and stop getting your “news” from social media. This is NOT the tolerant and loving America I grew up in. You’re all sick and brainwashed by these rich idiots. Think for yourselves and stop being sheep.