It was a bad way to get famous. But if not for the scandal–inflamed headlines, outraged politicians, and rumors, rumors, rumors–the study of wildlife by analyzing stray tufts of their hair might never have gotten much public notice at all. Hair sampling, however, has certainly gotten widespread news coverage. The furor started last fall over a U.S.
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