Animal rights activists who broke into a California high school Thursday, thought they were doing the right thing. Their goal, to free five hundred frogs set for dissection later in the day.

Everything went according to plan, activists made it into the school. They managed to acquire the frogs from the schools biology lab.

“It was going so well, nobody knew we were in the school early.” said one of the student activists responsible for the heist. “We even made it out to the football field and were able to release them.”

What the activists didn’t realize was that school ground crews were mowing the field in preparation for Friday nights football game.

According to school officials, the staff mowing the lawn did not see the frogs. The team maintaining the grass hit the frogs with riding lawn mowers.

“What did those kids think would happen? It was a bloody mess, all over the field. It took an extra three hours to hose off the turf,” one of the maintenance guys told snickersee.

“I threw up, the lawnmower kicked some of the frog guts into my mouth”, another groundskeeper said.

Unfortunately, ground crews were not the only ones disturbed by the mass execution of the frogs. Students began arriving for the school day as the massacre began.

One freshman put on social media, I see the frog parts flying when I close my eyes.

Another student tweeted, I hope they let me bring my dog to school tomorrow. I need emotional cuddles in the classroom after seeing that.

The school district has not issued a statement regarding the incident. Snickersee has learned that the dissection will be postponed until the biology department can get purchase replacement frogs.

No word on any disciplinary action for the student activists responsible.