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It was a family passion for the Yatskos, one that is popular in their home state of Ohio.
Domonique Yatsko, 9, went on an organized youth hunt last year and harvested her first deer – an eight-point buck.
To mark the milestone, her family had the image of a beaming Domoninque with her trophy put on a sweatshirt which she wore to school.
“She was very proud when she took her first deer,” the mother said to the Medina Gazette.
But the girl’s family said a teacher shamed Domonique by scolding her about the shirt and saying: “Killing animals is not what we do.”
Domonique’s mother, Heidi, said the reaction by the teacher devastated her daughter, who threw away the shirt as soon as she arrived home.
“We’re a farming family, and (ancestors) have lived in this area since 1827,” said the mother to Outdoornews.com, which first reported the incident in recent days. “So, she’s used to raising livestock, planting crops, and planting fields for wildlife as well as hunting.”
Heidi Yatsko contacted the school, expecting to get an apology for what she saw as overzealousness over an activity that is legal and which her family has engaged in responsibly.
“The principal’s quote to me was ‘we don’t have dead animals in school,’” Yatsko said, according to Outdoornews. “So, I asked her what they serve in the cafeteria?”
Family says school shamed 9-year-old for wearing shirt showing deer she hunted
Domonique Yatsko, 9, went on an organized youth hunt last year and harvested her first deer – an eight-point buck.
To mark the milestone, her family had the image of a beaming Domoninque with her trophy put on a sweatshirt which she wore to school.
“She was very proud when she took her first deer,” the mother said to the Medina Gazette.
But the girl’s family said a teacher shamed Domonique by scolding her about the shirt and saying: “Killing animals is not what we do.”
Domonique’s mother, Heidi, said the reaction by the teacher devastated her daughter, who threw away the shirt as soon as she arrived home.
“We’re a farming family, and (ancestors) have lived in this area since 1827,” said the mother to Outdoornews.com, which first reported the incident in recent days. “So, she’s used to raising livestock, planting crops, and planting fields for wildlife as well as hunting.”
Heidi Yatsko contacted the school, expecting to get an apology for what she saw as overzealousness over an activity that is legal and which her family has engaged in responsibly.
“The principal’s quote to me was ‘we don’t have dead animals in school,’” Yatsko said, according to Outdoornews. “So, I asked her what they serve in the cafeteria?”
Family says school shamed 9-year-old for wearing shirt showing deer she hunted
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