Florida Panther Genetic Restoration Progress Report

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Information provided by the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission

February 1996
TX101 -- This cougar has remained in a relatively small area on the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation indicating that kittens are still present with her. She was located with male panther #45 south of the area where she is typically located on 16 February.

TX102 -- This female cougar was struck by a vehicle and killed along County Road 833 in Hendry County between 20-21 September 1995.

TX103 -- TX103 moved to Turner River, the western extent of her current range, where she probably fed on a kill prior to returning to the Monroe Station area of Big Cypress National Preserve. Several field searches within her range indicated that no panther shares this area.

TX104 -- TX104 has remained in the Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve. Towards the end of the end of the month she began moving north in the Preserve making her way to I-75 (Alligator Alley). She has not been located north of the Alley on the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge but has apparently been moving just south of the fence.

TX105 -- TX105 continued to use the pinelands and hardwood hammocks at the west end of Long Pine Key in Everglades National Park. This cougar has extended her use area slightly south and west to included the pinelands just east of the main park road.

TX106 -- Movements indicate that TX106 is still traveling with her female kitten. They remained in the Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve throughout the month. During the last week she has spent time in the southwest portion of the Preserve.

TX107 -- TX107 has been making larger movements within her range in Big Cypress National Preserve, probably due to the much drier conditions allowing easier travel. She was with female panther #55 on 28 February and field staff heard both cats "caterwauling".

TX108 -- This cougar continues to use the pinelands and hammocks of Long Pine Key in Everglades National Park. As the area continues to dry down, she has not been located outside her usual area of use. Male panther #16 continues to use the same areas as the two Texas females, as well as the pinelands north of the main park road.

Prepared by Mark Lotz, Darrell Land, Ken Johnson, Deborah Jansen, Jeff Brooks, Sonny Bass, and Lori Oberhofer (3/11/96).