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| photo courtesy of CINP / NPS |
This male island fox just got a radio collar funded by donations to Friends of the Island Fox.
Do you see it?
It's that bit of black just under his chin and above the biologist's gloved hand.
This radio collar will allow biologists to monitor M152 without interfering with his normal wild life. He can be checked-on from a distance by a technician with an antennae and receiver or even from a small plane flying over the island.
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| Refurbished radio collars - headed to island foxes |
Hear - Normal radio collar
His collar locates his position and reports that he is moving around normally. If M152 should stop moving for 4-6 hours–not move at all–the radio collar will give off a different signal. Hear - Distress alert from radio collar The rapid beep alerts biologists that something might have happened to him. The radio collar then enables biologists to hone in on the little fox body so they can find out what has happened.
M152's newly refurbished radio collar will provide information on his activity for the next 2-3 years.
Radio-tracking collars are vitally important to monitoring island fox populations across the islands. In 2018, donors like you helped Friends of the Island Fox fund a record 25 radio collars:
- 20 refurbished radio collars - $220 each
- 5 new radio collars - $350 each
On each island approximately 20 radio collars need to be refurbished or purchased new each year.
In 2019 FIF's GOAL is to refurbish 20-30 radio collars
and purchase 10 new collars
Won't you help with this vital effort to monitor island foxes!
You've helped us save island foxes from extinction.
Please donate to help keep island foxes safe and healthy.
Stay tuned. M152 also got a health check.
Find out what we learned about him.
