Dead panther found in Big Cypress National Preserve
By NAPLES DAILY NEWS STAFF
Originally published 4:42 p.m., Monday, May 12, 2008
Updated 4:42 p.m., Monday, May 12, 2008
A dead Florida panther was recovered this afternoon from the Big Cypress National Preserve, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
The remains of the 7-year-old male panther, an endangered species, were heavily scavenged, and an immediate cause of death was unknown, the Conservation Commission reported. There were no apparent signs of foul play or a panther-on-panther attack.
A necropsy is planned at the Conservation Commission's wildlife research lab in Gainesville, and the hide and bones will be archived at the Florida Museum of Natural History.
The panther, the eighth documented panther mortality in 2008, was found northeast of Monument Lake, a campground north of U.S. 41 East about 15 miles east of State Road 29.
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Was it a Panther or a Texas Cougar???
#1 Posted by lswjth2 on May 12, 2008 at 8:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)
It probably got suffocated by a python.
#2 Posted by swamp4u2 on May 12, 2008 at 10:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)
To Iswjth2:
Panthers and The Texas Cougar are the same breed of wild animals, only Florida refers to them as panthers. You can use this web site for information about the mountain lion, cougar, puma; "tawny puffs of smoke so secretive..." They truly are beautiful animals but, they are very large cats.
www.cougarfund.org
#3 Posted by krenb on June 19, 2008 at 1:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)
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