A team at the Atlantic Veterinary College in P.E.I. is working to identify why large numbers of crows in Charlottetown are being found sick or dead in the Victoria Park area.
Scientists with the college estimate about 200 birds have been brought in over the past several weeks, either to AVC’s wildlife clinic or to the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative’s pathology and microbiology lab for the Atlantic region, also located on AVC’s campus.
Megan Jones, an assistant professor at AVC and Atlantic regional director of the cooperative, said mortality at this time of year happens regularly, but a few dozen dead crows would be the norm.
“We want to make
