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Hi John,
The remains of a six-month-old female Florida panther were found along a rural road earlier this month. A two-year-old female was found dead just days later.
They are the 20th and 21st panthers to die this year from vehicle strikes.
These cats are dangerously close to extinction — and urgently need protection.
Please help with a donation now to the Saving Life on Earth Fund.
Year after year the leading cause of death for Florida panthers is being struck by vehicles.
In 2021, 27 were killed.
Now only 200 or so adult panthers remain in southwest Florida.
But developers want to destroy what little these endangered cats have left — and put them in greater jeopardy of being crushed by traffic.
A proposed development would bring thousands of new residents just over a mile from the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge. This project would cut off key wildlife corridors and threaten these great cats' last sanctuary.
We're fighting that development, and we're also fighting to maintain the Florida panthers' protected status as endangered.
Even the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service admits that panthers must expand beyond their limited, existing habitat if they're going to survive and recover. But right now these powerful, graceful cats eke out a living in a mere 5% of their former range.
The science is clear: Wildlife corridors and habitat protection are needed to help panthers — and all the wide-ranging creatures, from California's mountain lions to humpback whales, who are being hemmed in by a crowded and fast-moving world.
We're doing all we can to save panthers and expand wildlife connectivity for endangered species coast to coast.
These cats can thrive if we just give them a chance.
Please give to the Saving Life on Earth Fund to help us end the extinction crisis.
For the wild,
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