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A Voice For Animals High School Essay Contest

Each January, the Humane Education Network holds its annual A Voice for Animals high school essay contest. Prizes are awarded to high school students whose essays best promote the humane treatment of animals:
$1000 1st Prize
$500 2nd Prize
$250 3rd Prize
$250 Best Freshman Essay
$750 Best personal and active involvement in a project or venture that directly impacts animal welfare

The contest is co-sponsored in part this year by the Palo Alto Humane Society.

Entries are typically due in mid-March, and winners are announced at the end of May.

Congratulations to our 2008 contest winners!

1st Prize Tracy Mandel The Corruption of Chimpanzee Testing and Its Implications for Experimentation on All Animals
2nd prize Ashley Eberhart Equine Soring in the Tennessee Walking Horse Industry- A Dark History
3rd Prize Emily Reed Tigers: Endangered Species
3rd Prize Jennifer Wiegand Free-Range Puppies? Using the Market Economy to Promote Ethical Breeding Practices
Best Freshman Essay Cynthia (Xi) Hua Goldfish Bowls: Art at What Cost?
Best Personal & Active Involvement Zander Srodes Turtle Talks
Honorable Mention Maricela Jimenez Dogfighting: America's Latest Vice
Honorable Mention Ashlee Stafford The Sport of Kings? The Toll of Racing on the Thoroughbred
Honorable Mention Lauren Welch Going Going Gone: The Siberian Tiger Vanishing Act
Honorable Mention (Freshman) Tara Deonauth The Plight of the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake: The Inhumanity of Rattlesnake Roundups
Honorable Mention (Freshman) April Dodd Organisms We Examine
Honorable Mention (Involvement) Alexandra Hayford The Perils of Our Garbage
Honorable Mention (Involvement) Keith Kremlick Wild Horses Couldn't Drag me Away

Previous winners

Select a winning essay and click the Read Essay button. The essay will open as a PDF file in another window.
(Essays shown in gray are not currently available online.)