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A Guide to Living with Wild Cats

Venetia S. Briggs-Gonzalez, Rebecca G. Harvey, Frank J. Mazzotti, and William M. Giuliano


Release Date: 4/6/2025

Agriculture

Abstract

A UF/IFAS numbered Fact Sheet.

About this Publication

This document is WEC314, one of a series of the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date October 2011. Revised June 2018 and November 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Venetia S. Briggs-Gonzalez, research ecologist; Rebecca G. Harvey, environmental education coordinator; Frank J. Mazzotti, professor, Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center; and William M. Giuliano, professor and extension specialist, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Authors

William Giuliano
William Giuliano

former professor, UF/IFAS Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Gainesville, FL

Venetia Briggs-Gonzalez
Venetia Briggs-Gonzalez
staff
University of Florida

senior research wildlife ecologist, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and director Lamanai Field Research Center, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Rebecca Harvey
Rebecca Harvey
external
University of Florida

former environmental education coordinator; Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center

Frank Mazzotti
Frank Mazzotti
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Contacts

Eric  Suarez
Eric Suarez
staff
University of Florida

biological scientist III, UF/IFAS Ft. Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Davie, FL

Aaron Chimelis
Aaron Chimelis
student
University of Florida

wildlife intern, UF/IFAS Ft. Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Davie FL

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