Re: panther sighting - photos - crook in tail

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Posted by Vince Lucas on 21:56:21 02/10/06

In Reply to: Re: panther sighting - photos - crook in tail posted by Elsa

Well, "genetic rescue" or not, if the Florida Panther no longer has enough territory or habitat left to survive in the wild, it doesn't matter if we can "rescue" them otherwise! Read this:

http://tinyurl.com/8lu7l

and this

http://tinyurl.com/dk4b7

: Hello,
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: There is a great article by Stuart Pimm, Luke Dollar, and Sonny Bass regarding the genetic rescue of the Florida panther, here´s the link
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: http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/people/faculty/pimm/panthers/PimmDollarBass.pdf
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: in which the authors describe how the introduction of Texas cougars has been a success. They also mention that prior to the reintroduction the FL panther had physiological abnormalities including the kinked tail. There are also nice range maps showing how the cats have expanded their range.

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