UNITY PLANTATION (AP) — A two-year quest by Unity College students to fit a black bear with a video collar has achieved success.
The Morning reports that professor George Matula and about a dozen students trekked deep into a 4,000- acre patch of woods off Route 139 on Thursday to fit the collar on a trapped bear.
Although the team had hoped to capture a female so they could get video of it raising cubs, they were still satisfied to fit the collar on an 180-pound male.
Fitting the collar took a delicate approach. While one student kept the angry bear’s attention, another sneaked in from behind to deliver a shot to knock it out.
Researchers are hoping to find out more about the black bears’ habits with video from the collar when it’s retrieved in the winter.
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