Editing Detection dog (section)

===Wildlife scat detection===
[[Feces|Scat]] is abundant in the wild and contains valuable data.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wasser |first1=S K |last2=Risler |first2=L |last3=Wasser |first3=L M |year=1986 |title=Use of techniques to extract steroid hormones from primate feces |journal=Primate Report |volume=14 |pages=194–195}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last2=Monfort |first2=S. L. |last3=Wildt |first3=D. E. |year=1991 |title=Rapid extraction of faecal steroids for measuring reproductive cyclicity and early pregnancy in free-ranging yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus cynocephalus) |journal=Reproduction |volume=92 |issue=2 |pages=415–23 |doi=10.1530/jrf.0.0920415 |pmid=1886098 |last1=Wasser |first1=S. K. |doi-access=free}}</ref> Wildlife scat detection represents a fairly non-invasive method of study for many species where live-capture once predominated. Compared with other methods of scat collection, dogs are able to survey larger areas in less time at decreased costs.<ref>{{cite journal |last2=Davenport |first2=Barbara |last3=Ramage |first3=Elizabeth R |last4=Hunt |first4=Kathleen E |last5=Parker |first5=Margaret |last6=Clarke |first6=Christine |last7=Stenhouse |first7=Gordon |year=2004 |title=Scat detection dogs in wildlife research and management: Application to grizzly and black bears in the Yellowhead Ecosystem, Alberta, Canada |journal=Canadian Journal of Zoology |volume=82 |issue=3 |pages=475–92 |doi=10.1139/z04-020 |last1=Wasser |first1=Samuel K|bibcode=2004CaJZ...82..475W }}</ref> Research shows that detection dogs can find laboratory rats and mice in a large rodent-free area of {{convert|32|ha|acre}}.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gsell |first1=Anna |last2=Innes |first2=John |last3=Monchy |first3=Pim de |last4=Brunton |first4=Dianne |date=22 March 2010 |title=The success of using trained dogs to locate sparse rodents in pest-free sanctuaries |journal=Wildlife Research |language=en |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=39–46 |doi=10.1071/WR09117 |issn=1448-5494}}</ref> Some specific types of feces that detection dogs have had success in identifying include [[killer whale]] feces,<ref name="auto"/> [[Northern Spotted Owl|northern spotted owl]] pellets,<ref>{{cite journal |last2=Hayward |first2=Lisa S. |last3=Hartman |first3=Jennifer |last4=Booth |first4=Rebecca K. |last5=Broms |first5=Kristin |last6=Berg |first6=Jodi |last7=Seely |first7=Elizabeth |last8=Lewis |first8=Lyle |last9=Smith |first9=Heath |year=2012 |title=Using Detection Dogs to Conduct Simultaneous Surveys of Northern Spotted (Strix occidentalis caurina) and Barred Owls (Strix varia) |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=7 |issue=8 |pages=e42892 |bibcode=2012PLoSO...742892W |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0042892 |pmc=3419739 |pmid=22916175 |last1=Wasser |first1=Samuel K. |doi-access=free}}</ref> and [[salamander]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/new-mexico/stories-in-new-mexico/conservation-canines-come-to-new-mexico/ |title=New Mexico Shelter Dogs Come to the Rescue for Rare Salamanders |publisher=The Nature Conservancy |access-date=5 July 2014}}</ref>