RICHLAND CENTER, Wis. – Vandals destroyed several pieces of a Wisconsin school’s property, and apparently that included killing over 50 pheasants.

The birds were part of a local Future Farmers of America-funded project managed by the Richland School District.

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In addition to the killed pheasants, school officials also found a “tipped portable toilet and a tipped piece of irrigation equipment,” according to Channel 3000.

The news station reports:

The [high school agriculture] teacher found dead birds on the floor and the watering mechanism tipped over. A second shed was also entered where more dead birds were found and three walls were damaged to the point that birds could escape …

“It absolutely goes to another place. I think we have the same question everybody has. ‘Why? What’s the purpose of this? What did this wildlife do to anybody around here to deserve something like this?'” Richland Center High School Principal Jon Bosworth said.

High school students raise the pheasants and release them into the wild on local landowners’ property. The program is in its 16th year.

“Not only is this a horrible loss of pheasants, but a real blow to a student project that benefits classroom studies and local land owners,” a news release from the school states.

The news station reports “several individuals and organizations have offered to replace the birds for the student program.”