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(KSL News) -- Leaders of the Boy Scouts of America are taking action amid reports of hazing in Utah County.
Leaders grew concerned when they learned a Cedar Hills boy was told he needed to "drink bobcat's blood" to get a badge. The drink was actually grape juice, but leaders still say the ceremony was inappropriate.
John Gailey/Nat'l Parks Council of the Boy Scouts of America: "We're encouraging them that any kind of a ceremony is going to be something that is uplifting, that is going to get the boy excited about scouting."
The scout leader apologized to the boy's parents.
The National Parks Council of the Boy Scouts of America sent a letter to all of its scouting districts.
It quotes the group's "Guide to Safe Scouting", which reads: "Hazing is prohibited. Physical hazing and initiations are prohibited and may not be included as part of any Scouting activity."
