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title: Bobcat Kittens Improves Tracking of Population by 3D Printed Tracker
description: Fish & Parks are now tracked via an expandable 3D printed collar complete with a tracker, rather than undergoing surgery to implant a radio transmitter!
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# [Bobcat Kittens Improves Tracking of Population by 3D Printed Tracker](https://www.b9c.com/press/bobcat-kittens-receive-3d-printed-tracker-collars-to-improve-tracking-of-population)

 Written by [Hanna Watkin](https://www.b9c.com/press/author/hanna-watkin) | May 21, 2019 9:56:51 PM

Brady Neiles is a resource biologist from South Dakota’s Game, Fish & Parks who used 3D printing to change the way wildlife populations are tracked.  Rather than undergoing surgery to implant a radio transmitter, bobcat kittens at South Dakota’s Game, Fish & Parks are now tracked via an expandable 3D printed collar complete with a tracker.

[Read the full story from All3DP.com](https://all3dp.com/4/bobcat-kittens-receive-3d-printed-tracker-collars-to-improve-tracking-of-population/).

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