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Florida Panther Struck And Killed By Vehicle

by Associated Press (AP)

Photo courtesy Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission


NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — An endangered Florida panther has been struck and killed by a vehicle.

It’s the 16th fatal collision this year, out of 18 total panther deaths.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says that the remains of the 4-year-old male were collected Saturday in Picayune Strand State Forest in Collier County.

Florida panthers once roamed the entire Southeast, but now their habitat mostly is confined to a small region of Florida along the Gulf of Mexico. Up to 230 Florida panthers remain in the wild.


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