pugmark
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Officials have conceded that the pugmark tracking system used in 2004 was unreliable and cameras were installed in trees throughout the forest for the latest survey.
From The Guardian
The so-called “pugmark census” unrealistically hoped to identify every wild tiger from its paw-prints.
From The Guardian
But in the following year, after two high-profile reserves claiming large tiger populations were exposed to have none at all, the pugmark census was discredited and discarded.
From The Guardian
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