Panther Advocates,

This is too bad – a reproductive age female panther was apparently killed by another panther in wild habitat – some of you will remember this photograph of her with two kittens last year.

Elizabeth

From: Onorato, Dave [mailto:Dave.Onorato@MyFWC.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 3:01 PM
Subject: Death of FP170

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 an approximately 4.5 year old collared female panther, FP170, were collected on 2 March 2011 in the Picayune Strand State Forest (PSSF) in Collier County. The cause of death appears to be intraspecific aggression, but this will be verified after a necropsy is completed. The carcass is currently at the FWC Naples Field Office and will eventually be transported 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 8^th panther mortality for 2011.

FP170 was initially collared on 26 February of 2009 in the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park by the FWC capture team.  She was photographed on 1 March 2010 in the PSSF during aerial monitoring by FWC with 2 surviving kittens from her litter of 3 born in July of 2009 in the PSSF (see attached photo).  One of the two surviving kittens in that photograph, now 19 months old, was captured in Big Cypress National Preserve (BCNP) by the BCNP capture team in February 2011. 

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.

Date	Panther ID	Sex	Age	Location	Cause	Type	Year	NAD83E	NAD83N
1/5/2011	FP141	M	8.5	Private property, Hendry County	Unknown	DEATH	2011	493576	2917771
1/7/2011	K284	M	1.5	SR29 south of Sears Rd., Hendry County	Vehicle	DEATH	2011	456583	2946741
1/13/2011	UCFP152	F	3	MM98 on I75 Eastbound, Collier County	Vehicle	DEATH	2011	436807	2892929
1/21/2011	UCFP153	M	8 months	MM98 on I75 Westbound, Collier County	Vehicle	DEATH	2011	436221	2892997
1/21/2011	UCFP154	M	10-11 months	Orange grove north of Sears Rd, Hendry County	ISA	DEATH	2011	464311	2949370
	UCFP155			Under investigation
2/26/2011	UCFP156	M	3-4	I-75 near MM114, Collier County	Vehicle	DEATH	2011	425712	2910414
3/2/2011	FP170	F	4.5	Picayune Strand State Forest, Collier County	ISA	DEATH	2011	449388	2884684

Dave Onorato, Ph.D.

Associate Research Scientist

Florida Panther Project

Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission