Population Dynamics of Free-Roaming Cats in Florida's Lee County

Population Dynamics of Free-Roaming Cats in Florida's Lee County
April 2011
University of South Florida
Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling

Student: Benjamin Taylor
Advisors
Arcadii Grinshpan, Mathematics and Statistics
Christopher Taylor, Lee County Animal Services
Problem suggested by: Christopher Taylor

We investigate whether the Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program can be effectively used to control the population of free-roaming cats in Florida's Lee County. We do this by estimating the number of cats that must be spayed/neutered in order to keep the population from increasing.

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