bobcat scat (IMAGE)

Penn State

bobcat scat

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Since the 1989 bobcat release, researchers have returned to the island many times to collect bobcat scat like this from which to extract DNA to monitor the population's genetic health.

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Duane Diefenbach/Penn State

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