In 2014, another Nebraska resident started a petition on Change.org to compel the school to halt the tradition. "These supposedly biodegradable latex, single use balloons travel hundreds and thousands of miles (some as far as Michigan), with the potential to ensnare wildlife with their ribbons and choke them to death through the balloon material itself," wrote Benjamin Vogt about the petition. "Littering most anywhere else carries a monetary fine and / or jail time, yet this isn't the case for balloon releases."