Yellowstone study collects, examines wolf scat for clues. By Brett French. Billings Gazette.
This time tested activity was partly replaced by radio collar-based research, but with the development of sophisticated DNA and hormone analysis, it now has new importance.
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Maybe we’ll have a lot less collaring???
It could possibly lead to that timz.
I am sure,for job security, park biologists will determine a need for collaring in order to find the scat.