Lame study finds panthers kill livestock - Well, D'OH!

Since Florida's frontier days when cattlemen drove their herds through the state's vast fields and forests, ranchers and native panthers have been natural enemies.

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Lame study finds panthers kill livestock - Well, D'OH! 628x471

The ranchers seek to nurture and protect their calves, while the panthers see them as prey.

Human development won the battle, driving the large, tawny cats to the brink of extinction before successful efforts to restore them began decades ago.

But with Florida's panther population recovering, some ranchers complain the protected 6-to-7-foot long predators are once again killing their calves.

Now, university research supports that claim, at least in one part of southwest Florida.

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/AP-Exclusive-Study-finds-panthers-kill-livestock-5658632.php

Lame study finds panthers kill livestock - Well, D'OH!

Lame study finds panthers kill livestock - Well, D'OH!

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