Final Self-Reflection
This project was very
enlightening for me because it caused me to take a very deep look into two
specific species. I am fairly aware of the more common and broad issues related
to animals, but I have never taken so much time doing research on one animal
specifically. Additionally, I thought it was interesting looking at the animal
from a social perspective. In classes a lot of the time we focus on the
scientific side of non-human animals. With this project it was nice to look
into how the animal is viewed in society. As a whole, this course has been a
great one in my opinion. It really strengthened the views that I had prior to
this semester. In some aspects it also broadened my view and introduced me to
things that I was fully unaware of, such as the developing field of animal
ethology and behavior. That was very helpful for me because it is something
that I now realize I want to go into when I graduate. It is far too difficult
to choose specific topics that stood out to me because I honestly found nearly
all of them incredibly interesting. I really expanded my knowledge of nonhuman
animals in captivity for the purpose of entertainment. I was obviously aware
that that existed, but I did not realize the often deplorable conditions that
the animals were kept in. That is something that I am really glad I learned
more about. I believe that this course is a great one for animal science majors
to expand their knowledge, but also for non animal science majors to be
introduced to issues that they may be fully unaware of that actually impact
their daily lives that they never considered.
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| Butters, my baby chinchilla |
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