After several years of protesting a gambling game that tortures
rats, the Animals Rights Community of Greater Cincinnati succeeded in
having the rat-spinning contests permanently withdrawn from all
Catholic church festivals within the city.
"Whats to keep someone from going home and putting their cat in the
dryer? The church said it was okay to spin animals" stated Jayn
Meinhardt, a group member concerned about the event's ramifications.
The outlawed game involved placing a rat on a roulette wheel,
covering his head, spinning him until he's dizzy and then uncovering
the rat so that he would stumble into a winning hole.

The Animals Agenda
September/October 2000