100% Funded!! (So now we have a new stretch goal!)

Wow, I'm amazed! All of you (backers to this project) are amazing and thank you all so much for your support! I didn't know some many people were out there that find the same questions as interesting as I do, and that were willing to support it personally.

As there is still 13 days left in this fundraiser, it was suggested to me (by those at experiment.com) to extend our goal, and going to Colorado with the multi-access box (MAB) is just the first step. We are in contact with another zoo that is interested in giving the MAB to their two bear species. It's in the review stage (they, like many zoos and all universities with animal research, have an animal ethic's board to ensure only ethical research is conducted), and we expect it to be approved sometime in the next month. However, the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is going to be holding onto this MAB probably for the rest of the summer. This means that we really need another MAB, but we weren't originally planning on or able to build a second one.

In light of the outpouring of support for this project (again, you all are awesome!!), we're adding a stretch goal to this project to fund the building of a second MAB. It's now included on the budget part of this project. Our first MAB cost approximately $500 to build, so that's what we're hoping to raise to fund the second one. This will allow us to collect data at two zoos at the same time and we won't have to wait until this fall or even next summer to collect data at a second zoo!

So that's what's next here; spread the word and keep checking up on us! I'll post updates as they come (continuing through data collection and publication) and let you all know what's going on with the project! Thanks again.

Best, Zoe