Today, I finished chopping up carrots which are being used to entice hares to eat them. This process is called pre feeding. The idea is to get the hares eager to eat the carrots and then later bait new carrots with poison. Science is heavily involved in pest management, the ecologists have been working together researching the best method both from a cost, time and effectiveness. The site is over run with hares and due to the location of the site other forms of pest control can't be used. There are issues with safety and flammability,ideally the hares would be shot ...
So today I have had to put personal bias aside and take a scientific approach to the problem... This got me wondering if personal bias plays a part in the science topics we offer students. Are these chosen because teachers feel confident in teaching them and/ or have a personal interest in them...
The problem with Hares
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