Editor’s note: Today’s post was written by an inmate and SPP lecture series attendee at Washington Corrections Center for Women. On May 7, Lynne Weber from West Sound Wildlife Shelter visited WCCW with Yukon, a red-tailed hawk, and Remington, a turkey vulture, to talk to the inmates about wildlife rehabilitation.
WCCW’s Science & Sustainability Lecture Series: An Inmate’s Perspective
By Jain Cannard,* WCCW
I have attended several Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP) lectures here at WCCW and always come away having learned some amazing facts. The lecture today on raptors was an experience of a lifetime! Seeing those incredible birds up close allows us to better understand how our ecosystem works, and that each part of the chain is important and vital.
Your work here at WCCW helps to make these women better stewards of their community resources, better parents, and better citizens. That’s important work!
Each lecture is so different – I look forward to learning and researching the subject so I can imagine what the lecture will be like. I am always surprised!
The surveys are also interesting. Who knew that opossums love slugs?! It’s good that SOMEONE loves them. The survey is a concrete way to ascertain how much we learn.
Thanks – please keep coming!
*name used with permission
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