CNC RESEARCHERS WANT YOUR BEAR POOP!
Researchers at the College of New Caledonia (CNC) are doing a study to assess the health of bears in Prince George, by measuring hormones in bear poop. The goal is to better understand what drives bears to enter the city, and to use the information to mitigate human-bear conflict. More details are available on the CNC website.
How to help:
If you see bear poop anywhere in the city, text a photo of it, and the general location, to 778-349-4813. If you have a photo of the bear responsible (security footage, etc.), please also send that.
Next, there are two options:
Please NEVER approach wild animals, and always use caution when handling feces of any kind. Public safety is the utmost priority.
The following is a disclaimer about how private information will be handled in this research project.
"The researchers collecting information during this research project are not intending to collect any information about human subjects or to have human subjects directly participate in the study. When community members are disclosing photos and other information to us, we intend to make every effort to anonymize your photos and information when we store them. We ask that you aim to provide us with photos of bear droppings and/or bears that do not capture unique features of where you live or specific locations that you frequently travel. If your picture contains any other identifiable content besides a bear or its droppings, we will crop out the other features of the photo that are not relevant to our study to protect your privacy. Please do not use any watermarks or other identifying information that would suggest you as an identifiable person has sent us the photo. We will take every reasonable precaution during the study to limit the personal information collected during the process of collecting photos and samples. Please do not provide any personal information to any of the researchers that would identify you as an individual."
For more information, contact the researchers at: 778-349-4813 or [email protected]
How to help:
If you see bear poop anywhere in the city, text a photo of it, and the general location, to 778-349-4813. If you have a photo of the bear responsible (security footage, etc.), please also send that.
Next, there are two options:
- Someone will come and collect it.
- You can collect the sample and drop it off or store it until they come get it.
- Use a clean plastic bag to collect as much of it as possible.
- Label the bag with the date and street name or general location.
- Either:
- store samples in a freezer or cooler with ice and arrange for someone to pick it up, or
- drop it off in the fridge outside the geodome greenhouse at the main CNC campus.
Please NEVER approach wild animals, and always use caution when handling feces of any kind. Public safety is the utmost priority.
The following is a disclaimer about how private information will be handled in this research project.
"The researchers collecting information during this research project are not intending to collect any information about human subjects or to have human subjects directly participate in the study. When community members are disclosing photos and other information to us, we intend to make every effort to anonymize your photos and information when we store them. We ask that you aim to provide us with photos of bear droppings and/or bears that do not capture unique features of where you live or specific locations that you frequently travel. If your picture contains any other identifiable content besides a bear or its droppings, we will crop out the other features of the photo that are not relevant to our study to protect your privacy. Please do not use any watermarks or other identifying information that would suggest you as an identifiable person has sent us the photo. We will take every reasonable precaution during the study to limit the personal information collected during the process of collecting photos and samples. Please do not provide any personal information to any of the researchers that would identify you as an individual."
For more information, contact the researchers at: 778-349-4813 or [email protected]
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