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Hi John,
It's been a devastating year for Florida panthers. Recently three were killed in only 10 days.
Just days ago officials announced the year's 19th fatality — and all but four panthers perished from vehicle strikes.
These tragic deaths must end.
Please give now to the Saving Life on Earth Fund to help us protect panthers.
As few as 200 Florida panthers are left in the wild.
On average nearly 30 are killed every year, mostly by vehicle strikes.
Florida panthers eke out a living in less than 5% of their historic range. Today they're the only large felines living in the Southeast.
Endless development projects in the heart of panther habitat in Lee and Collier counties in southwest Florida are a double-edged sword for these cats.
Urban sprawl paves over habitat the panthers desperately need to survive.
The added development also brings more traffic to the natural corridors panthers are likely to roam.
What we see in Florida is what we also see in North Carolina with endangered red wolves and in Southern California with mountain lions: Wildlife is being crowded out and ending up dead on our roads because of it.
To curb the extinction crisis, we have to get out of the way of wolves, lions and panthers and other species and give them the room they need to explore and to search for food and mates.
Extinction is a choice. To secure a future for wildlife on the brink, we must protect the last homes of species like panthers.
There is hope for Florida's panthers. A new litter, of one male and two females, was discovered in a state forest in Collier County.
For those cats to survive, they'll need protected habitat around Florida's crowded roadways. The Center is doing all we can to keep the remaining panthers protected.
Please help now with a gift to the Saving Life on Earth Fund.
For the wild,
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