4 Florida Panthers who were killed by cars within a week

Four critically endangered Florida Panthers were hit and killed by vehicles within a week, an unusual deadly time for the rare species.

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, one of the panthers was 8-10 months old.

The fact of deaths began on May 1, when a 1-year-old Florida Panther was found dead in State Road 29, a man who was an estimated 4 to 5 years old died the next day, reported McClatchy News.

Two days later, a panther under 1 was found to be dead on May 4, according to Panther pulse of the FWC.

The most recent death on May 6th was a 2- or 3-year-old female panther, who was killed in State Road 29 for a total of four Panthers in the first week of May.

All were killed by vehicles in the southwest of Florida either in Hendry or in Collier County.

The state animal in Florida has increased an increasing death through vehicle raids in the past two decades, officials said. Eight of nine deaths that were documented this year come from vehicles. Rodney Cammauf/Photo from National Park Service

“When the state grows, the suitable habitat for Panthers and other wild animals shrinks,” said the FWC. “Florida Panther's living in remote, undeveloped areas. But since both the number of panthers and the number of people who live and imitate in Florida, as well as the chance of meeting a panther.”

Deaths are the latest blow for a species with less than 250 adult Florida Panthers, which are estimated to remain in the wild.

“We will not stop the growth of our state, and in many ways the growth is a good thing,” Traci Deen, President and CEO of Conservation Florida, told McClatchy News in December. “But while we are growing, we have to increase the pace of land protection, or we will lose types like the Florida Panther.”

According to the FWC, the number of Panthers killed by vehicles has been on the rise since 2000.

The species takes up a lot of space to the roam, with men, according to the Cork Pover -Swamp -Sanctuary of the Audubon corporate teacher, claim areas from 150 to 200 square kilometers.

The State Road 29, which runs through the southwest of Florida, is a particularly fatal corridor for Art. Three of the nine Panthers, which were found dead this year, were met while crossing this street, such as recordings.