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Contact: Vince Stricherz
vinces@uw.edu
206-543-2580
University of Washington
Caption: A University of Washington dog handler accompanies a scat-detection dog in the oil sands region of northern Alberta. The dog has been trained to locate scat from a wide variety of species, which is used to determine wildlife abundance, distribution and physical health across large remote regions.
Credit: Center for Conservation Biology/University of Washington
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