Here's a local issue ripe for analysis in terms of Knowledge Issues. This week, let's look at this topic. Consider the links below. Look for your own and bring them to class. Try to remain open-minded. How would you prepare a presentation on this topic? Can you rely on my guidance and the suggestions below given my emotional attachment to the subject? (More about that on Monday.)
Mitch Tweel on Crow plague in uptown Charlottetown.
The Guardian reports residents terrified.
CBC article indicating the Victoria Park crow situation may have N.S. roots.
Caws and Effect Penn State wildlife scientists study urban-roosting crows.
A beautiful photo of Charlottetown Crows from Stephen DesRoches' photo blog. And a second entitled Crow Population
Russell, Charlottetown's talking crow.
"While rock doves (pigeons), house sparrows, and crows are not considered protected birds on P.E.I. (unlike migratory birds, birds of prey, and game birds), causing unnecessary pain and suffering is against the law regardless of the species of bird involved." Peter Foley, DVM in a letter to the editor, Charlottetown Guardian. Read more in P.E.I.'s Fish and Game Protection Act.
International guiding principles for biomedical research involving animals which states, "Investigators and other personnel should never fail to treat animals as sentient, and should regard their proper care and use and the avoidance or minimization of discomfort, distress, or pain as ethical imperatives."
A Murder of Crows from CBC's The Nature of Things.
Joshua Klein's Ted Talk on the intelligence of crows:
