Below is the content of the email I received from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. Take a close look at the chart at the end of the report which lists each dead panther found this year.
Frank Jackalone
Florida Staff Director
Sierra Club
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 11 year 10 month old female panther, FP83, were collected on 25 March 2011 on US41, approximately 3.2km (2 mi) west of Port of the Islands in Collier County. The cause of death was trauma associated with a vehicle collision. 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 11th panther mortality for 2011 and the 5th road mortality (UCFP157 is not included in the 2011 tally because of the estimated age of the recovered skeletal remains).
FP83 was initially marked in the den as a kitten in June 1999 in the Picayune Strand State Forest. She was eventually radiocollared and monitored through July of 2006, when her GPS collar released as programmed.
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 | 8 months | Orange grove north of Sears Rd, Hendry County | ISA | DEATH | 2011 | 464311 | 2949370 |
2/23/2011 | UCFP155 | Golden Gate Estates | Under Investigation | DEATH | 2011 | ||||
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 | Swan Lk Prairie, Picayune Strand SF, Collier County | Intraspecific Aggression | DEATH | 2011 | 449388 | 2884684 |
3/15/2011 | UCFP157 | F | >3 | Big Cypress National Preserve | Unknown (skeletal remains) | DEATH | 2010 | 495693 | 2856305 |
3/17/2011 | UCFP158 | Under Investigation | |||||||
3/25/2011 | UCFP159 | Under Investigation | |||||||
3/25/2011 | FP83 | F | 11yrs 10 mo. | US41 west of Port of the Islands | Vehicle | DEATH | 2011 | 445757 | 2872465 |