Death of UCFP151

Panther Advocates,

Another panther has died – this one of intra-specific aggression (territorial fight with another panther).

From: Criffield, Marc [mailto:Marc.Criffield@MyFWC.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 3:25 PM
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Subject: Death of UCFP151

All:

This report, required by Section 2(d) of the Endangered Species Cooperative Agreement between the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), is to provide you details regarding the death and handling of a Florida panther. 

The remains of UCFP151, an approximately 1.5 year old female panther, were collected on 12/23/2010 at 1:00 PM on private property in Collier County. The cause of death is interspecific aggression. UCFP151 did not have a kinked tail or cowlick and tested FeLV negative.  She weighed 45 lbs.  The carcass will be taken to the FWC Naples Field Office for storage pending transport to the Wildlife Research Lab in Gainesville for a complete necropsy.  The remains will be archived at the FL Museum of Natural History. This is the 23nd panther mortality for 2010.

This information is being provided as required by Section 2(d) of the Endangered Species Cooperative Agreement between the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).  It is not intended as a News Release.  All information should be considered “pending” until all necropsy results and tests are finalized.

Mortality	Date	PantherID	Sex	Age	Location	Cause	Type	Year	NAD83E	NAD83N
1	1/16/2010	UCFP137	M	2.5	I mi S Corkscrew Rd, near Bella Terra	Intraspecific Aggression	DEATH	2010	428936	2924514
2	3/12/2010	UCFP139	F	3	Corkscrew Rd, CREW Marsh Trailhead 1	Vehicle	DEATH	2010	446749	2930324
3	3/16/2010	FP174	M	4-5	I-75 eastbound, MM 95	Vehicle	DEATH	2010	441018	2892768
4	3/22/2010	FP172	F	5	BCNP Addition Lands	Intraspecific Aggression	DEATH	2010	499952	2897126
5	4/15/2010	UCFP140	M	1.5-2	I-75, mm 117, Lee County	Vehicle	DEATH	2010	424910	2913912
6	4/29/2010	UCFP141	F	6 MOS.	Church Rd near Hendry Co landfill	Vehicle	DEATH	2010	447119	2937469
7	5/4/2010	UCFP142	F	8 MOS.	Golden Gate Blvd (between 5th-7th St NW)	Vehicle	DEATH	2010	438174	2901280
8	5/21/2010	FP169	M	5-6	US 41 E of Kirby Storter wayside	Vehicle	DEATH	2010	486276	2861010
9	5/22/2010	FP158	F	5	US41, 0.5 mi East of SR92	Vehicle	DEATH	2010	441448	2874545
10	5/23/2010	UCFP143	M	6-8 MOS.	US41, 1.5 mi east of CR951	Vehicle	DEATH	2010	431881	2881593
11	5/31/2010	UCFP144	M	12-14 MOS.	CR833, 0.4 mi north of CR832 intersection	Vehicle	DEATH	2010	487310	2943548
12	6/21/2010	FP144	M	6	Big Cypress NP Addition Lands	Intraspecific Aggression	DEATH	2010	506108	2895091
13	6/24/2010	UCFP145	M	16-18 MOS.	SR29, 3.7km south of Farm Workers Village	Vehicle	DEATH	2010	463430	2917905
14	8/3/2010	UCFP146	F	3-4	SR 29, 1 mi S of Owl Hammock, Collier Co.	Vehicle	DEATH	2010	465735	2913730
15	10/1/2010	UCFP147	F	3	US41, 1.7 miles east of Monroe Station	Vehicle	DEATH	2010	492697	2860272
16	10/15/2010	FP168	F	8	Flint Pen Strand	Intraspecific Aggression	DEATH	2010	427706	2919067
17	10/25/2010	FP102	F	12.7	Big Cypress National Preserve	Intraspecific Aggression	DEATH	2010	474672	2864397
18	11/17/2010	FP176	M	4-5	Keri Rd., OK Slough State Forest	Vehicle	DEATH	2010	466107	2942070
19	12/12/2010	UCFP148	M	2-3	US 27, 0.5 mi E SR 80, Hendry County	Vehicle	DEATH	2010	492702	2959163
20	12/13/2010	UCFP149	M	1.5	GG Blvd at 7th ST NW, Collier County	Vehicle	DEATH	2010	438253	2901267
21	12/19/2010	UCFP150	M	8-9 mo	CR846; ½ mi south of CR833	Vehicle	DEATH	2010	487593	2925648
22	12/22/2010	FP173	M	5	Lee County Port Authority Mitigation Land	Unknown	DEATH	2010	436373	2932175
23	12/23/2010	UCFP151	F	1.5	Private property, Collier County	Intraspecific Aggression	DEATH	2010	456810	2906704

                                                                                                                                                                      

Marc Criffield

Florida Panther Research
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute