`DR. SPLATT' LOOKING FOR ROADKILL SURVEY VOLUNTEERS

`DR. SPLATT' LOOKING FOR ROADKILL SURVEY VOLUNTEERS

LOUDON, N.H. (Wireless Flash) -- If the idea of examining roadkill all day appeals to you, there's a man in New Hampshire who'd like to hear from you. 9th grade science teacher Brewster Bartlett -- who calls himself "Dr. Splatt" -- is looking for elementary and high school students who want to participate in his annual "Dr. Splatt Roadkill Survey." Participants are assigned a stretch of road to survey for two months and must file weekly reports detailing the number and type of squashed animals found on the road. Animals that can't be unidentified are simply listed as "URPs" -- "Unidentified Road Pizzas." The roadkill survey may sound gruesome, but Dr. Splatt says it's actually educational and his roadkill research has inspired the creation of anti-roadkill devices such as tunnels and barriers. The survey is scheduled to start in about a month, and Dr. Splatt says he's dying for more participants to contact him.