Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: lastchance

Florida panthers were cross bred with cougars aka mountain lions. The panther doesn’t exist anymore.

If it oinks and runs around in the woods then its wild.


25 posted on 03/08/2011 9:17:41 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies ]


To: driftdiver

Did they ever put the crossing tunnels under Alligator Alley? They were going to do this so the Florida panther would’nt get hit by traffic while crossing the Alley.


27 posted on 03/08/2011 9:25:08 AM PST by depenzz (Its what you learn after you know it all that counts.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies ]

To: driftdiver

The only reason they ever were a subspecies was because they were isolated from other panther populations. If memory serves they were interbred with Eastern Cougars as a way of increasing the numbers. It has been several years since I spoke with the FWC’s expert on the Florida Panther so forgive my inexactness.

If it is the descendant of domestic livestock it is feral. Just like there is a distinction between wildcats and feral cats.


29 posted on 03/08/2011 9:30:09 AM PST by lastchance (Hug your babies.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson