FLORIDA PANTHER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Fla. (AP) — In January, an endangered Florida panther known as UCFP479 became the first to die this year in a vehicle collision along a rural southwestern Florida road.
The male panther, just under 2 years old, will not be the last.
Athena the panther looks out from her enclosure at the Florida panther exhibit at the Naples Zoo, Jan. 15, 2025, in Naples, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Athena the panther looks out from her enclosure at the Florida panther exhibit at the Naples Zoo, Jan. 15, 2025, in Naples, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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