Amber Crooks, environmental policy manager with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, left, and Michael McGrath of the Sierra Club, right, hold a map showing proposed developments at the Panther National Wildlife Refuge in Southwest Florida, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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.
