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 Cody’s Dream
When third-grader Cody Hamm was asked to write an “I have a dream” speech, he wrote about a world without animal circuses. His heartfelt speech was read over the loudspeaker during announcements and was even published in a book.
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 No Leather on My Letter Jacket, Please
Vegetarian jock Matt Lumpkin would never wear cow skin on his arms and that included his school letter jacket; Matt simply special-ordered it with great-looking vinyl sleeves.
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 Puppy Love
For the past five years, eighth-grader Maggie Heyne has handed out fliers asking neighbors to put toys, blankets, and other treats for needy dogs at the shelter on her front porch. They never let her or the pups down.
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 Lobster Liberators
One 6-year-old was so upset about his mom’s plans to boil lobsters for dinner that he lobster-napped them and locked himself in his room with them.
PETA member Chasidy, decorated a lobster tank in her local grocery store with “lobster liberation” stickers so that people would think twice before buying the crustaceans to boil alive for dinner.
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 “We’re Off to Protest Cockfighting …”
The clever members of Oz, an after-school enrichment program in Santa Fe, staged a mock cockfight—costumes and all—at the State Capitol to let everyone know that they oppose the Senate committee’s recent vote to keep the cruel bloodsport legal in New Mexico.
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