Here's a short story:

The German shepherd runs off and noses around in the grass of Kenya's Laikipia Plateau. "OK, Oakley," the dog's handler orders, "Find it!" 

Oakley sniffs until he comes to a bush, then stops, sits, and looks up at his handler. She bends to see what he has found: the waste of an endangered African wild dog. "Good dog!" she praises. The handler pulls a tennis ball from her pocket. Oakley jumps for his reward. 

"He doesn't actually want the waste," says Aimee Hurt, a founding member of the U.S.-based group Working Dogs for Conservation. Hurt is in Kenya to train both Oakley and his handler. "He finds it so he can play with his ball. We're the ones who want the waste." 

Detection dogs are sometimes taught to locate actual animals. Black-footed ferrets have been studied with their help. But more often the dogs learn to locate the waste of creatures such as bears, wolves and mountain lions. 

What the dogs find provides scientists with data about a species. Scientists can use the DNA collected from animal waste to identify individuals, sex, and population sizes -- all without ever seeing the animal itself. "It can take years to gather this kind of information if you have to trap animals," Hurt explains. 

Waste analysis might make a huge difference when wild species are accused of attacking domestic livestock . Hurt says, "A good detection dog will find the waste so we can see what the animal is actually eating." This may help reduce problems between people and wildlife. (End of story)

Provide your best guess for the following question. Give ONLY the guess, no other words or explanation.

For example:

Guess: <most likely guess, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the guess!>

Here are a few examples of questions and answers:

Question: Detection dogs are sometimes taught to locate what?
Guess: actual animals

Question: what do they normally locate?
Guess: the waste of creatures such as bears, wolves and mountain lions.

Question: what do the scientits want it for
Guess: data about a species

Question: is there DNA
Guess: Scientists can use the DNA collected from animal waste

Question: what can it identify?
Guess: identify individuals, sex, and population sizes

Question: how long would it normally take to gather this info?
Guess: "It can take years to gather this kind of information if you have to trap animals,

Question: What kind of dog is Oakley?
Guess: German shepherd

Question: What's his handler's name?
Guess: Aimee Hurt

Question: What did he find?
Guess: the waste of an endangered African wild dog.

Question: What did she give him ?
Guess: tennis ball

Question: does he want the waste?
Guess: He doesn't actually want the waste

Question: what did Aimee co-found?
Guess: the U.S.-based group Working Dogs for Conservation

Question: where is she?
Guess: Hurt is in Kenya

Now answer the following question in the same format.

Question: doing?

Waste analysis