{"id":29061,"date":"2020-03-06T10:21:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T15:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=29061"},"modified":"2020-03-06T10:21:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T15:21:54","slug":"florida-panthers-dramatic-tale-subject-of-latest-biodiversity-series-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2020\/03\/06\/florida-panthers-dramatic-tale-subject-of-latest-biodiversity-series-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida panther&#8217;s dramatic tale subject of latest biodiversity series lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_43042\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4XqcXdayyog?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><em>Watch the complete lecture online here or on Stetson Law&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"YouTube (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4XqcXdayyog\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> channel.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Taylor Allyn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Feb. 27, the Stetson Law community welcomed writer Craig Pittman to speak as a part of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Foreman Biodiversity lecture series (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/international\/biodiversity\/speakers-conferences.php\" target=\"_blank\">Foreman Biodiversity lecture series<\/a>. Pittman is a native Floridian and an environmental reporter for the <em>Tampa Bay Times.<\/em> He has written five award-winning books&#8211; his most recent work is titled <em>Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle to Save the Florida Panther<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pittman has covered the Florida panthers for years in his\ncapacity as a reporter, and the more he learned, the more he became fascinated\nby the animals. He began his talk by describing what he believed to be a statue\nof a panther in the State Archives in Tallahassee. It was only later that he realized\nthe statue was a real stuffed panther and what\u2019s more, it had a name \u2013 Florida\nPanther 3. Its death was a\ntragedy and would be the catalyst for a radical conservation effort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But before completing that tale, Pittman explained the\nearliest inhabitants of the state regarded these panthers as divine beings \u2013\ncats of god. In the Seminole tribe, all medicine men are members of the panther\nclan. Early settlers in Florida called them lions and catamounts and were\ndeeply scared of them. In the 1800s, sportsmen came to Florida just to shoot\nand kill panthers. They became so rare they were only ever seen in roadside\nzoos. By 1958, state officials banned panther hunting, but not before the\ndamage had already been done. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_7936_FL_panther_web-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Roadside zoos in Florida were some of the only places left to see a live panther after hunters and development drove them to the brink of extinction, Pittman explained.\" class=\"wp-image-29063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_7936_FL_panther_web-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_7936_FL_panther_web-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_7936_FL_panther_web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_7936_FL_panther_web-1320x879.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_7936_FL_panther_web.jpg 1501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Roadside zoos in Florida were some of the only places left to see a live panther after hunters and development drove them to the brink of extinction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the later part of the century, state officials focused on\nsaving the panthers. The Florida panther was on the first endangered species\nlist promulgated by the Endangered Species Act. Environmental activists rallied\nto oppose the construction of an airport in Big Cypress Swamp because it was\none of the only place where panthers still lived. However, many believed the\nanimals to be completely gone \u2013 hunted to extinction. A tracker from Texas was\nhired to see if he could find any surviving panthers in Florida. He found one\nscrawny female and signs of more, estimating there to be about 20 left. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After that, the state Game Commission designated a biologist\nto lead studies about the panthers, publicizing the search and raising awareness.\nIn the 1980s, the state Education Commissioner wanted local schoolchildren to\npick the official state animal, and the children overwhelmingly voted for the\npanther. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pittman then explained where Florida Panther 3 fit into the\nstory. It\u2019s predecessor, Florida Panther 1, was the first panther to have a\nradio collar installed as part of an initiative to track their travels. Florida\nPanther 3 was fitted with a collar whose batteries began to malfunction. When\nthe animal was recaptured to replace the batteries, a tranquilizer dart pierced\nits femoral artery, and the panther died. According to Pittman, this changed\nthe public sentiment toward panthers \u2013 at least one person suggested, \u201cjust\nstop bothering them and let them go extinct.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_7944_FL_panther_web-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Tampa Bay Times reporter Craig Pittman explains how Nathaniel Reed was a Florida native and co-author of the Endangered Species Act. \" class=\"wp-image-29062\" width=\"556\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_7944_FL_panther_web-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_7944_FL_panther_web-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_7944_FL_panther_web-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_7944_FL_panther_web-1320x879.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_7944_FL_panther_web.jpg 1501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><figcaption><em>Tampa Bay Times<\/em> reporter Craig Pittman explains how Nathaniel Reed was a Florida native and co-author of the Endangered Species Act. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, a veterinarian was assigned to tag along on some of\nthese captures, and she began to notice oddities in the animals \u2013 genetic defects\nas a result of their small population. She noticed the panthers had tails\nkinked at a 90 degree angle, and later examinations uncovered reproductive\nissues and holes in their hearts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After that, faced with the prospect of the extinction of the\nnewly crowned state animal, state officials took more aggressive action. A\ncaptive breeding program was initiated and subsequently halted by a lawsuit\nfiled by animal activists. The lawsuit was settled on the condition that only six\nkittens be captured \u2013 three male and three female. Unfortunately, all the\nkittens had the same genetic defects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s when officials decided to try something drastic: to bring\nin another type of cougar to breed with the Florida panthers. That same hunter\nwho located the remaining panther population was tasked with capturing and\ntransporting eight female cougars from Texas to release in Florida. Meanwhile,\nthe federal government was handing out permits to developers \u201cthe way they toss\nbeads out at Gasparilla,\u201d resulting in further destruction of panther habitats,\nPittman said. The permits were later exposed by a whistleblower to be based on\njunk science. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The battle to preserve panther habitat, protect them from automobile deaths on Florida highways, and maintain continued population growth, is ongoing. Pittman wrapped up his talk by sharing a bit of positive news. Thanks to the breeding program, panther populations now are estimated to be 10 times their original number of 20. It\u2019s not nearly enough to say the animals are recovered, and they still face threats, including from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2020\/01\/03\/new-toll-roads-may-be-coming-to-florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">proposed toll road<\/a> that would cut right through their habitats. However, the animals remain extremely adaptable, and they are constantly surprising those who study them, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Taylor Allyn On Feb. 27, the Stetson Law community welcomed writer Craig Pittman to speak as a part of the Foreman Biodiversity lecture series. Pittman is a native Floridian and an environmental reporter for the Tampa Bay Times. 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