Florida Panther Shot in Central Georgia
source: http://www.ajc.com/news/panther-shot-in-georgia-109810.html
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The panther a hunter shot last year in Troup County was a Florida panther which likely wandered north, officials said Wednesday after genetic testing showed it was a federally protected animal.
Genetic testing by the National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, indicated that the panther came from a resident southern Florida population, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced.
I find it interesting that Florida Panthers have migrated into the foothills of the Appalachia. Looks like they are adapting to our urbanizing presence and moving north. I bet they are trying to get out of Florida finding Georgia to have more open areas. There are about 100 of them living in the wild and this movement into open areas in the deep south (when compared to Florida) might help them grow in numbers.
(Also I wander if the shooter will be charged with killing an endangered species.)
Genetic testing by the National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, indicated that the panther came from a resident southern Florida population, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced.
I find it interesting that Florida Panthers have migrated into the foothills of the Appalachia. Looks like they are adapting to our urbanizing presence and moving north. I bet they are trying to get out of Florida finding Georgia to have more open areas. There are about 100 of them living in the wild and this movement into open areas in the deep south (when compared to Florida) might help them grow in numbers.
(Also I wander if the shooter will be charged with killing an endangered species.)
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