Panthers eat well but still die badly in SW Florida, December 2010

This was filmed near Divide, Colorado on August 8, 2010) This clip is from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGfxD5
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12.20.2010 - The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has confirmed at least six panther depredations since the beginning of December in the Golden Gate Estates area of Collier County. In the past week alone, panthers have killed several goats and a pig.

Other depredation reports have come from the Immokalee area. Some of the most recent depredations occurred on properties less than three-quarters of a mile from each other, off Golden Gate Boulevard, according to the FWC. Over the past weekend, four goats were killed east of Everglades Boulevard. At the time of all the depredations, the domestic animals were not secured in predator-proof enclosures. (More) http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida...

11.3.20010 - Biologists capture, collar male panther near recent calf depredations http://myfwc.com/NEWSROOM/10/south/Ne...

10.29.2010 -Biologists to capture Florida panther suspected in recent Collier County calf depredations http://myfwc.com/NEWSROOM/10/south/Ne...

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12/22/2010 - http://www.news-press.com/article/20101222/NEWS0105/101222032
1:50 P.M. — The carcass of a radio-collared male Florida panther, designated FP173, were collected at 1 p.m. today on Lee County Port Authority mitigation land north of Corkscrew Road.

At this time, the cause of death is unknown.

Approximately 5 years old, the panther had two testicles, no cowlick and did not have a kinked tail, indicating the animal did not suffer from genetic defects as a result of inbreeding.

This is the 22nd panther mortality for 2010. At least 16 of those deaths were caused by a vehicle.

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12/22/2010 - http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/dec/22/florida-panther-found-dead-lee-cou... (Excerpt)
The panther showed no outward signs of being hit by a vehicle, attacked by another panther or foul play; the cause of death is unknown, said Florida panther project scientist Dave Onorato.

The carcass is being taken to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission wildlife research lab in Gainesville for a necropsy to determine a cause of death.

The latest panther death brings the number of panther deaths so far this year to 22, two short of last year's 24 deaths.

Of those, 16 panthers were killed in collisions with vehicles, one panther short of the record set in 2009.

On Sunday, wildlife biologists recovered a dead 9-month-old male panther along County Road 846 in Hendry County east of Immokalee. It had been hit by a vehicle.

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12/17/2010 - http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2010/12/florida-officials-install-panthe... (Excerpt)
Early next year the state will seek designs for a Roadside Animal Detection System -- RADS. As envisioned, this system will employ some sort of motion detector that, when triggered by a panther, will turn on a flashing sign or something similar to warn oncoming traffic. Such systems have been used in Arizona, Wyoming, Washington state, Wisconsin, and Minnesota to warn drivers of approaching elk and deer. Some of these systems trigger a warning sign when animals cross an infrared or laser beam, others are triggered by detecting body heat.

In some cases, collisions have dropped 97 percent, according to Marcel Huijser, a research ecologist at Montana State University who develops the systems. While panthers present more of a ground-hugging target, Mr. Huijser doesn't think that will be a problem.

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12/12/2010 - http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/dec/12/developer-building-wildlife-crossi... (Excerpts)
GOLDEN GATE ESTATES — Environmentalists are wild about a new privately funded road crossing that's expected to save the lives of Florida panthers and other wildlife.

The developer will spend more than $1.3 million to build the crossing in a rural area where many endangered Florida panthers have lost their lives trying to get get across the road. Construction is under way.

Also see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qznv5I21MSA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-5dF_Srhbk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4RW36aDzSs

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[rcruz003]

buck shot'll fix that fuckin cat

[badcat1226]

I hope Jason is okay with this.

[LuckyCatNeko]

A very powerful predator indeed. Thanks for sharing.

[thesnakewatcher]

lucky



[classicscrap1]

wow was there only one cat