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“He’s treated like any other member of staff with his PPE and breaks after detecting scat,” Ulf said.

The count was conducted by state and university scientists who used GPS collar data and genetic information from scat samples to model population densities across the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the Mojave Desert and Southern California’s patchwork of weedy, fire-stripped wilderness.

Zollar is careful to stress that “Scat!” isn’t a straight biography of her parents.

For music, the show has an original score by the veteran trombonist Craig Harris, played by a jazz band that includes three vocalists who do sometimes scat.

“Scat!” travels next to the American Dance Festival in North Carolina, where Zollar will add to her lifetime achievement awards.