*BERKELEY, Calif. – A UC Berkeley student, apparently trying to make the point that people are too removed from their food source, slaughtered a chicken in front of shocked classmates.
A campus animal rights group has called for the arrest and expulsion of the student and the suspension of the instructor who taught the undergraduate “New Genres” art class.
The UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice reprimanded the student for the event, which occurred last month, but will not seek further punishment for what it determined an inappropriate expression of art.
In a press release, the Berkeley Organization for Animal Advocacy called for the student to suffer consequences.
“The fact that this brutal slaughter occurred, especially in a classroom setting, is simply unacceptable,” said senior Julie Ahern. “BOAA is demanding that the student be expelled from the university for this obviously cruel act and prosecuted for the possible violation of California Penal Code 597, which prohibits cruelty to animals.”
University officials have not released the name of the student.

Author