Utah School District Denies Claims Students Are Dressing as Animals After School Protest

‘Rumors circulating online about student behavior are completely untrue,’ Nebo School District said.

A person dressed in an animal suit is brushed at the Eurofurence furry convention in Berlin, Germany, on August 17, 2016. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Utah’s Nebo School District has denied claims that students were dressing up as animals and “biting” one another after students staged a protest on Wednesday.

In a statement to Fox News, the district said the claims—that some students are dressing up in full-body animal costumes and acting like animals—were “misinformation that had been circulated online.”