Two panthers have been killed by vehicles

Panther Advocates,

Sad news. Two panthers have been killed by vehicles in the last two days.

From: Land, Darrell
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 10:33 AM
Subject: Deaths of UCFP148 and UCFP149

Folks,

Yesterday, FWC Dispatch received a call at 1330 hours reporting a possible dead panther on US 27 south of Moore Haven.  FWC Law Enforcement confirmed that a 2-3 year old male panther had been struck and killed by a vehicle on US 27 about a half mile east of SR 80 in Hendry County.  This panther weighed 114 lbs, was uncollared and had not been previously marked with a transponder chip.

This morning at 0730, FWC received a call from Collier Sheriff’s Department regarding a panther one of their deputies observed getting struck and killed by a vehicle on Golden Gate Blvd. between 5^th and 7^th Streets NW.  We recovered the carcass of a young male panther, UCFP 149, who was approximately 1.5 years of age.  This panther weighed 90 lbs, had both testicles, had a slight kink in his tail and had not been previously marked with a transponder chip.  This location is the same place where an 8 month old female kitten (UCFP142) was killed back in May.  It is possible that UCFP149 and UCFP142 were siblings and belonged to the family group that frequented this part of the Estates and were known to prey upon goats and other domestic animals.  Future genetic testing should confirm whether or not these panther were related.

These carcasses are being transported to our Gainesville Research Laboratory for necropsy.  The remains will be deposited with the FL Museum of Natural History.  These are the 14^th  and 15^th  road kills 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

Darrell Land

Imperiled Species Management - Panther Team Leader

FL Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission