Show Me the DNA

[Brandon Pickett]

http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&ID=23158

"A Memorial University biologist wants government to release the genetic make-up of a wolf-like animal killed on the Bonavista Peninsula two months ago. Stephen Carr said it would also benefit academia if pieces of information were released as the process continues. He says the scientific, government-involved process is proving not to be as open as he would have thought.

 

Carr says when the process works the way it should, the research faculty contacts the academics, and the data is produced in a timely fashion, the data is made public, and a press release is issued. Carr says if additional details are then required, they are provided.

Carr says the process surrounding the identification of a wolf shot in New Brunswick a month ago was quicker and much more open. Carr says he would like to believe that it's a degree of complexity that's taking so long to identify the breed of the animal.

 

He says he's asked the provincial government for information as the process has been on going for two months but has received no updates. He says that's the way real and open science takes place, which is not what is happening in this province. Carr says he knows no more about the Bonavista animal today, than he knew when the animal was killed back in March."