Norway encourages walkers to pick up and freeze them bear droppings

ANIMALS - Norwegian hikers are invited to pick up the bear to allow excrement to assess their numbers weakened since the last century.

The exact population of brown bears in Norway remains unknown.

Collect bear poop with a plastic bag before putting them in the freezer. This is the directive issued by the Norwegian environmental authorities to hikers of the country's forests.
"We encourage anyone who is outdoors this fall to pick up the bear droppings and hairs for delivery to the Norwegian Environmental Inspection of the region," said Jonas Kindberg, responsible Rovdata, an organization that monitors the number of brown bears, quoted by local media.

Explanatory brochure available

To recognize these precious telltale DNA, no more disgusting than a "big dog shit", a brochure is available. The information in this field will learn about the national population.
According to the latest official estimate made last year, brown bears were nearly 136 wandering the Norwegian Forest. They were still 3000 it was 150 years ago. Involved, hunting, now controlled, which decimated the population in the late nineteenth century. Early in the next century, the animal had almost disappeared from the region. Difficult to accurately assess the current situation, the remaining figures uncertain. Hikers are thus encouraged to get their hands dirty.