M-CORES Southwest-Central Florida Connecto. There are an estimated 120-230 panthers left in the wild. Occurred on October 8, 2017 / Naples, Florida, USA\"I was enjoying my morning coffee and Facebook updates, and I looked up and saw this endangered Florida Panther staring at me! As a follow up the to the Panther photo I posted earlier, here's a video of a Panther near Naples, Florida on March 29th. The question environmentalists and animal rights advocates want answered: What will the impact of the roads be on the Florida panther? Researchers say it is unclear what the long term impacts could be on the panther population. When we save the Florida panther, we save everything under the umbrella. In 1995, eight female Texas cougars were introduced into the population to infuse fresh genes, five of which bred successfully, before being removed from the wild. What ensued was a vicious battle, with the older male gaining the upper hand. On a turkey hunt with his son, Andres Pis was holed up in a blind when he saw movement to his right. We save this habitat, so we save clean water and clean air, so what else does it save us. We are just really developing all over. Vehicle deaths are the number one killer for the Florida panther. The study is set to be released this summer. A Florida panther ran right past her on the path, and she got the whole thing on video. I mean, we have over 900 people a day coming here to the state of Florida, not to mention I believe 127 million people visited here," Galvano said. He posted the footage to a Facebook page he runs along with Mike Elfenbein, The Panthers of South Florida, where the two regularly upload photos and videos of encounters with the cats. But all sides can agree that the Florida panther belongs on the land—and like many other creatures, panthers are threatened by systemic issues including encroaching development, disturbed hydrology caused by canals and drained wetlands, a lack of controlled fires necessary for the land’s renewal, and problems caused by invasive plants and animals like Burmese pythons. 9:52. Pis, a hunting guide and land manager, recorded the incident on March 31 on private land southwest of Lake Okeechobee, near Clewiston. Canal is No Barrier for Florida Panther. Galvano said the best way to protect Florida wildlife and handle the millions of people moving to our state and tourists, is to plan and prepare for that influx. Due primarily to hunting and habitat fragmentation, Florida panthers almost died out by the 1970s, when there were fewer than 20 left. Video. It is stretching an estimated 140 miles from Collier County north into Polk County towards Interstate 4. This video highlights the need for protected wildlife corridors, Budd says. More:When it's not a panther, it's a bobcat. © 1996-2015 National Geographic Society, © 2015- That 140-mile stretch might wipe out the Florida population of our state animal.". There are more than a hundred wildlife crossings across the state of Florida. I grabbed my phone, didn’t move and filmed it. Copyright 2020 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Panther sightings are not out of the ordinary for the Florida Wildlife Federation, but seeing a mother panther followed by three spotted panther kittens is much rarer.

The unprecedented footage shows a phenomenon called intraspecific aggression, in which two panthers fight for control over territory, often to the death.

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