A3O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 23, 1993
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) —Students for the Responsi
ble Use of Animals (SRUA) did
their part to help give the good
news of fanning to thousands of
people from off the farm who
stopped by their display in the
upper floor of the new building last
week at the Farm Show. Jodie
Eberly, president of the student
organization on the Penn State
campus, said their goal is to edu
cate people about the farm and pro
vide information that refutes infor
mation that animal rights organiza
tions distribute on campus.
Students from Delaware Valley
College were also helping at the
booth.- Their display showed the
many uses of animal products that
benefit the average non-farm
person.
Eberly said the student organi
zation was formed two years ago
and became an official organiza
tion last year.
“Our purpose is education,”
Eberly said. “We want to educate
the community and other students
what happens on the farm. Stu
dents react with a lot of suprise
when they are shown the facts. The
animal rights organizations are
good at getting their literature out,
and when we give tours of the
livestock and dairy facilities, stu
dents react with ‘Oh, is this what
happens,’ and we have a lot of
positive response.”
‘The animal rights groups hit on
‘Factory Farms,’ but we show that
most farmers care for their animals
and are using humane methods to
care for their animals.”
Tracy Thrapp, freshman at Dela
ware Valley, said they also encour
age students to become acquainted
with agriculture. “There are stu
dents on campus who don’t think
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and the annual A-Day that is
devoted to agriculture.”
Both students agreed that far
mers cannot remain passive. “Ani
mal rights organizations are very
powerful and influential because
the majority of the people don’t
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Eberly said SRUA does not usu
ally become involved in confronta
tion with animal rights groups on
campus. This generally ends in
shouting matches and little educa
tion is accomplished. However, in
the spring, when animal rights
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Jodie Eberly, left, Penn State senior, and Tracy Thrapp, Delaware Valley freshman,
present Information for the responsible use of animals.
improved,” Eberly said. “There are take care of their animals as they culture use these exceptions to give
always a few people who don’t should. But the opponents of agri- the appearance of the majority.
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