An award has been offered to help find whoever recently shot a rare Florida Panther. Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlfie Service.Wildlife Extra.com reports:
"A reward of up to $15,200 is being offered for information that leads to an arrest and/or a conviction in the shooting death of a Florida panther. The dead panther was found in April 2009 near the Hendry Correctional Institute on private property bordering the Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) special agents and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) investigators are jointly investigating the case. There are only about 100 Florida panthers left in the world. The Florida panther is protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973." See full article.
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